Pāli Dictionary

gahaṇa

gahrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

gah6ග්රහණය කරගන්නවා

Synonyms

gāha, paṭiggahaṇa, parāmāsa, paṭisevana

general

  • ගැනීම, අල්ලා ගැනීම, ග්‍රහණය; ලබා ගැනීම

  • 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.

  • (ව්‍යාකරණ) වචනයක් හෝ නිපාතයක් යෙදීම

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

gahana1

approximate

gahrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • කැලෑව; නොවිනිවිද යා හැකි ස්ථානය

  • 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

  • සංකීර්ණ අවුල

  • 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

gah6ග්රහණය කරගන්නවා

Synonyms

tibba, appita, gāḷha, sanda, bahala

general

  • ඝන; විනිවිද යා නොහැකි

  • thick; dense; impenetrable

gāhana

approximate

gāhrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • ගිල්වීම; කිමිදීම

  • submersion; plunging (into water)

gaha1

approximate

via inflected form gahāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

vesma

general

  • නිවස

  • 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

  • ගිහි ජීවිතය

  • 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

gah6ග්රහණය කරගන්නවා

general

  • අල්ලා ගැනීම, ග්‍රහණය

  • 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

gāh1කිමිදීම; ඇද වැටීම

cosmology

  • ග්‍රහයා

  • a planet; a celestial ‘seizer’

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