Pāli Dictionary

gāthā

gārootthāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

gā3singen

Literal

song

Synonyms

vutta

general

  • Strophe; Vers

  • 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

  • eine der neun Kategorien der überlieferten Schriften

  • 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

gādh1stehen fest

general

  • Tiefe; sicherer Stand; Halt

  • depth; safe stand; foothold

Encyclopedia

Gāthā
Other

  • Eine Klassifikation von Tipiṭaka-Texten, die ausschließlich aus Versen bestehen, darunter das Dhammapada sowie die Theragāthā und Therīgāthā.

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

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