Pāli Dictionary

dahara

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

appa, rassa

general

  • (as adjective) young; youthful; junior; small, delicate

  • SN 21.6

    evam'eva manussesu, daharo ce'pi paññavā, so hi tattha mahā hoti, n'eva bālo sarīravā'ti.

  • AN 5.54

    idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu daharo hoti yuvā susu kāḷakeso bhadrena yobbanena samannāgato paṭhamena vayasā. ayaṃ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo samayo padhānāya.

  • (as noun) a young boy; a youth; a young man

  • AN 10.51

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, itthī vā puriso vā daharo yuvā maṇḍanakajātiko ādāse vā parisuddhe pariyodāte acche vā udakapatte sakaṃ mukhanimittaṃ paccavekkhamāno

  • MN 36

    so kho ahaṃ, aggivessana, aparena samayena daharo'va samāno, susukāḷakeso bhadrena yobbanena samannāgato paṭhamena vayasā, akāmakānaṃ mātāpitūnaṃ assumukhānaṃ rudantānaṃ, kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajiṃ.

monastic

  • (as noun, monastic) a junior monk; a very young monk; a monk of less than five years’ standing after upasampadā

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