Pāli Dictionary

gāthā

gārootthāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

gā3sing

Literal

song

Synonyms

vutta

general

  • verse; stanza (often of four lines)

  • Snp 1.4

    atha kho kasibhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi

  • Dhp 101

    sahassam'api ce gāthā, anatthapadasaṃhitā, ekaṃ gāthāpadaṃ seyyo, yaṃ sutvā upasammati.

doctrine

  • verse texts; one of the nine divisions (aṅga) of the Buddha’s word

  • MN 22

    suttaṃ, geyyaṃ, veyyākaraṇaṃ, gāthaṃ, udānaṃ, itivuttakaṃ, jātakaṃ, abbhutadhammaṃ, vedallaṃ

gātha

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

gādh1stand firmly

general

  • depth; safe stand; foothold

Encyclopedia

Gāthā
Other

  • A classification of Tipiṭaka texts consisting entirely of verse, including the Dhammapada and the Theragāthā and Therīgāthā.

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