Pāli Dictionary

gīvā

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Synonyms

daṇḍa

general

  • 頸；脖子

  • the neck

  • SN 56.48

    taṃ kiṃ maññatha, bhikkhave, api nu kho kāṇo kacchapo vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṃ sakiṃ ummujjanto amusmiṃ ekacchiggaḷe yuge gīvaṃ paveseyyā'ti?

  • MN 22

    so passeyya mahantaṃ alagaddaṃ. tam'enaṃ ajapadena daṇḍena suniggahitaṃ niggaṇheyya. ajapadena daṇḍena suniggahitaṃ niggahitvā, gīvāya suggahitaṃ gaṇheyya.

monastic

  • 枷頸示眾之刑（以頸枷公開示眾或拘束罪人）；引申指須償付損害賠償

  • a punitive exposure by the neck (public exhibition or pillory-like restraint, e.g. binding a criminal by a collar); by extension, the requirement to pay damages or compensation

gīva

approximate

gīvāstemasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • 有頸的；具（某種）頸項的

  • with a neck; having a (certain kind of) neck

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