Pāli Dictionary

eva

Part of speech

indeclinable

Synonyms

kho, va, hi, vata, api, pi, ve, kevalaṃ,

general

  • only; just; merely; exclusively (restrictive emphatic particle)

  • Thig 6.7

    gutte yadatthaṃ pabbajjā, hitvā puttaṃ vasuṃ piyaṃ, tam'eva anubrūhehi, mā cittassa vasaṃ gami.

  • still; yet (continuative emphatic use)

  • DN 25

    siyā kho pana te, nigrodha, evam'assa, antevāsikamyatā no samaṇo gotamo evam'āhā'ti. na kho pan'etaṃ, nigrodha, evaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ. yo eva vo ācariyo, so eva vo ācariyo hotu.

  • MN 20

    evam'eva kho, bhikkhave, tassa ce bhikkhuno tesam'pi vitakkānaṃ ādīnavaṃ upaparikkhato uppajjant'eva pāpakā akusalā vitakkā chand'ūpasaṃhitā'pi dos'ūpasaṃhitā'pi moh'ūpasaṃhitā'pi, te pahīyanti te abbhatthaṃ gacchanti.

  • even; too; as well (additive emphatic use)

  • MN 48

    mettaṃ manokammaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ hoti sabrahmacārīsu āvi c'eva raho ca.

  • indeed; really; certainly; absolutely (assertive emphatic use)

  • DN 27

    te brahmānañ'c'eva abbhācikkhanti, musā ca bhāsanti, bahuñ'ca apuññaṃ pasavanti.

  • as soon as (in correlative constructions such as tena...c'eva/tāva...eva)

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