Pāli Dictionary

gahaṇa

gahrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

gah6ဆုပ်ကိုင်

Synonyms

gāha, paṭiggahaṇa, parāmāsa, paṭisevana

general

  • ယူခြင်း၊ ကိုင်ယူခြင်း၊ စွဲလမ်းခြင်း၊ ရရှိခြင်း

  • taking, seizing, grasping; acquisition, grasp; the act of holding on to or acquiring something

  • Ud 5.5

    acchariyaṃ, moggallāna, abbhutaṃ, moggallāna! yāva bāhāgahaṇā'pi nāma so moghapuriso āgamessatī'ti

  • MN 22

    kull'ūpamaṃ vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṃ desessāmi nittharaṇ'atthāya, no gahaṇa-atthāya.

  • (သဒ္ဒါ) စကားလုံး သို့မဟုတ် နိပါတ်ပုဒ်ကို အသုံးပြုခြင်း

  • (grammar) the employing or use of a word or particle

gahana1

approximate

gahrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • တောအုပ်ထူထပ်ရာ

  • thicket; jungle; impenetrable place

  • AN 3.50

    idha, bhikkhave, mahācoro visamanissito ca hoti, gahananissito ca hoti, balavanissito ca hoti. kathañ'ca, bhikkhave, mahācoro visamanissito hoti?

  • Ja 138

    kiṃ te jaṭāhi dummedha, kiṃ te ajinasāṭiyā, abbhantaraṃ te gahanaṃ, bāhiraṃ parimajjasī'ti.

doctrine

  • ရှုပ်ထွေးထူထပ်သောအခြေအနေ

  • complicated mess; intricate tangle; impenetrable complexity

  • MN 51

    yāvañ'c'idaṃ, bhante, bhagavā evaṃ manussagahane evaṃ manussakasaṭe evaṃ manussasāṭheyye vattamāne sattānaṃ hit'āhitaṃ jānāti. gahanañ'h'etaṃ, bhante, yadidaṃ manussā, uttānakañ'h'etaṃ, bhante, yadidaṃ pasavo.

gahana2

approximate

gahrootanasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

gah6ဆုပ်ကိုင်

Synonyms

tibba, appita, gāḷha, sanda, bahala

general

  • ထူထပ်သော; ဖောက်ထွင်း၍မရသော

  • thick; dense; impenetrable

gāhana

approximate

gāhrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • ငုပ်ခြင်း; စုန်းစိမ်ခြင်း

  • submersion; plunging (into water)

gaha1

approximate

via inflected form gahāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

vesma

general

  • အိမ်

  • a house, dwelling

  • Dhp 154

    gahakāraka diṭṭho'si, puna gehaṃ na kāhasi, sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā, gahakūṭaṃ visaṅkhataṃ, visaṅkhāragataṃ cittaṃ, taṇhānaṃ khayamajjhagā.

  • MN 27

    gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā aññatarasmiṃ vā kule paccājāto.

monastic

  • အိမ်ထောင်ဘဝ

  • household life, the life of a layperson

  • DN 19

    nam'atthi ūnaṃ kāmehi, hiṃsitā me na vijjati, amanussavaco sutvā, tasm'āhaṃ na gahe rame.

  • Ja 411

    so'haṃ tam'ev'ānuvicintayanto, eko sayāmi sayanassa majjhe, aham'pi evaṃ iti pekkhamāno, na gahe rame brahmacariyassa kālo.

gaha2

approximate

gahrootasuffix

via inflected form gahāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

gah6ဆုပ်ကိုင်

general

  • ဖမ်းယူခြင်း၊ ကိုင်စွဲခြင်း

  • grip, grabbing, seizing, holding

  • Dhp 251

    n'atthi rāgasamo aggi, n'atthi dosasamo gaho, n'atthi mohasamaṃ jālaṃ, n'atthi taṇhāsamā nadī.

  • Dhp 326

    idaṃ pure cittam'acāri cārikaṃ, yen'icchakaṃ yatthakāmaṃ yathāsukhaṃ, tadajj'ahaṃ niggahessāmi yoniso, hatthippabhinnaṃ viya aṅkusaggaho.

gaha3

approximate

via inflected form gahāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

gāh1ငုပ်; ပြုတ်ကျ

cosmology

  • ဂြိုဟ်

  • a planet; a celestial ‘seizer’

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