Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
pronoun
general
she; this; this woman
AN 1.78
appamattikā esā, bhikkhave, parihāni yadidaṃ bhogaparihāni. etaṃ patikiṭṭhaṃ, bhikkhave, parihānīnaṃ yadidaṃ paññāparihānī'ti.
DN 8
pakati kho esā, kassapa, lokasmiṃ, dukkaraṃ sāmaññaṃ dukkaraṃ brahmaññan'ti.
esa1
approximategeneral
this; he; it; that person (masculine nominative singular of the demonstrative pronoun ‘eta’; sandhi form of ‘eso’ before vowels)
Dhp 5
na hi verena verāni, sammant'īdha kudācanaṃ, averena ca sammanti, esa dhammo sanantano.
Snp 5.5
yaṃ taṃ apucchimha akittayī no, aññaṃ taṃ pucchāma tadiṅgha brūhi, kathaṃ nu dhīrā vitaranti oghaṃ, jātiṃ jaraṃ sokapariddavañ'ca, taṃ me muni sādhu viyākarohi, tathā hi te vidito esa dhammo.
Part of speech
adjective
general
seeking; searching for (adjective, equivalent to ‘esin’ or the present participle of ‘esati’)
eta
via inflected form esa · nominative singular
general
this; that
MN 9
dūrato'pi kho mayaṃ, āvuso, āgaccheyyāma āyasmato sāriputtassa santike etassa bhāsitassa attham'aññātuṃ
SN 1.4
accenti kālā tarayanti rattiyo, vayoguṇā anupubbaṃ jahanti, etaṃ bhayaṃ maraṇe pekkhamāno, puññāni kayirātha sukh'āvahānī'ti.
Part of speech
adjective
Root
es1seek; search
general
seeking; searching (for)
SN 7.13
tuṇhībhūto bhavaṃ tiṭṭhaṃ, muṇḍo saṅghāṭipāruto, kiṃ patthayāno kiṃ esaṃ, kiṃ nu yācitum'āgato'ti.
general
seeks; searches for; probes for
MN 105
tassa so bhisakko sallakatto satthena vaṇamukhaṃ parikanteyya. satthena vaṇamukhaṃ parikantitvā esaniyā sallaṃ eseyya.
Snp 4.14
ajjhattam'ev'upasame, na aññato bhikkhu santim'eseyya, ajjhattaṃ upasantassa, n'atthi attāṃ kuto nirattāṃ vā.
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