Pāli Dictionary

garuka

garustemkasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

gar1esteem; be heavy

Synonyms

oḷārika, garu, duṭṭhulla, thulla, bhāriya

Antonyms

lahuka

general

  • heavy; weighty; burdensome; difficult; hard; (of a vowel or syllable) long, heavy

doctrine

  • serious; grave; severe; important; (esp. of an offence, kamma, or illness) grievous, weighty

  • AN 1.152-159

    ye te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū lahukaṃ āpattiṃ garukā āpattī'ti dīpenti … garukaṃ āpattiṃ lahukā āpattī'ti dīpenti … te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bahujana-ahitāya paṭipannā bahujana-asukhāya, bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya devamanussānaṃ.

ethics

  • respected; esteemed; venerated; prized; (in compounds) attaching importance to, bent on, revering

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