Pāli Dictionary

dīpana1

dīprootanasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

dīpaka, paridīpaka, paridīpana

general

  • 闡明的；說明的；照亮的（喻使人明白）

  • 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

  • 闡釋；說明；解說

  • illustration; explanation; exposition

dīpanā

approximate

dīprootanāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • 闡釋；解說；說明

  • illustration; explanation; exposition

dīpa1

approximate

dviprefixāparoot

via inflected form dīpāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

avassaya

cosmology

  • 島；洲；大陸

  • land; island; continent; peninsula

  • DN 26

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

doctrine

  • 堅實的立足處；依靠；庇護所；安全之地（涅槃的譬喻，如「自依止」）

  • 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

dīp3照耀；闡明

Synonyms

padīpa

general

  • 燈；燈火；光明

  • 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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