Pāli Dictionary

dīpana1

dīprootanasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

dīpaka, paridīpaka, paridīpana

general

  • erklärend; veranschaulichend; erleuchtend

  • illustrating; explaining; causing to shine (light on a matter)

  • Ja 313

    ahū atītam'addhānaṃ, samaṇo khantidīpano, taṃ khantiyā'y'eva ṭhitaṃ, kāsirājā achedayi.

dīpana2

dīprootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • Erklärung; Erläuterung; Kommentar

  • illustration; explanation; exposition

dīpanā

approximate

dīprootanāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • Erläuterung; Erklärung

  • illustration; explanation; exposition

dīpa1

approximate

dviprefixāparoot

via inflected form dīpāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

avassaya

cosmology

  • Insel; Kontinent; Festland

  • land; island; continent; peninsula

  • DN 26

    asītivassasahass'āyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu ayaṃ jambudīpo avīci maññe phuṭo bhavissati manussehi, seyyathā'pi naḷavanaṃ vā saravanaṃ vā.

doctrine

  • fester Grund; Stütze; Zuflucht; sicherer Ort (Beiname des Nibbāna)

  • terra firma; solid ground; support; refuge; place of safety (an epithet of Nibbāna, as in attadīpa ‘be an island unto yourself’)

  • Dhp 25

    uṭṭhānen'appamādena, saṃyamena damena ca, dīpaṃ kayirātha medhāvī, yaṃ ogho n'ābhikīrati.

  • Snp 5.11

    majjhe sarasmiṃ tiṭṭhataṃ, oghe jāte mahabbhaye, jarāmaccuparetānaṃ, dīpaṃ pabrūmi kappa te.

dīpa2

approximate

dīprootasuffix

via inflected form dīpāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

dīp3scheinen; erklären

Synonyms

padīpa

general

  • Lampe; Licht; Flamme

  • a lamp; light; flame

  • Thig 5.10

    tato cittaṃ samādhesiṃ, assaṃ bhadraṃ'va'jāniyaṃ, tato dīpaṃ gahetvāna, vihāraṃ pāvisiṃ ahaṃ, seyyaṃ olokayitvāna, mañcakamhi upāvisiṃ.

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