Pāli Dictionary

gayā1

gayāstem

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • Gayā, a town in India on the road between the Bodhi-tree and Benares

  • SN 35.28

    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā gayāyaṃ viharati gayāsīse saddhiṃ bhikkhusahassena. tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi, sabbaṃ, bhikkhave, ādittaṃ.

  • MN 26

    addasā kho maṃ, bhikkhave, upako ājīvako antarā ca gayaṃ antarā ca bodhiṃ addhānamaggappaṭipannaṃ. disvāna maṃ etadavoca, vippasannāni kho te, āvuso, indriyāni, parisuddho chavivaṇṇo pariyodāto!

gayā2

gayāstem

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • Gayā, name of a sacred river; (in commentary) a circular bathing pond

  • MN 7

    bāhukaṃ adhikakkañ'ca, gayaṃ sundarikaṃ m'api, sarassatiṃ payāgañ'ca, atho bāhumatiṃ nadiṃ.

ga

approximate

gamrootasuffix

via inflected form gāya · instrumental singular / dative singular / ablative singular / genitive singular / locative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

gam1go

Synonyms

gāmī

general

  • going; who goes; having gone (usually in compounds)

  • Thag 1.25

    obhāsajātaṃ phalagaṃ, cittaṃ yassa abhiṇhaso, tādisaṃ bhikkhum'āsajja, kaṇha dukkhaṃ nigacchasī'ti.

  • SN 35.94

    evaṃ mano chassu yadā subhāvito, phuṭṭhassa cittaṃ na vikampate kvaci, te rāgadose abhibhuyya bhikkhavo, bhavattha jātimaraṇassa pāragā'ti.

gāyati1

approximate

gairoottisuffix

via inflected form gāya · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

gā3sing

Synonyms

uddisati, kāyati, sajjhāyati, saṅgāyati, anugāyati

general

  • sings; chants, recites (in a singing manner)

  • SN 47.20

    janapadakalyāṇī naccati gāyatī'ti kho, bhikkhave, bhiyyosomattāya mahājanakāyo sannipateyya.

gāyati2

approximate

gairoottisuffix

via inflected form gāya · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

general

  • is known

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Gayā
Place

  • A pond where people bathed in the belief that it would wash away their sins.

MN 7
Gayā2
Place

  • A town in India on the road between the Bodhi tree and Bārāṇasī, where the Buddha met the ascetic Upaka and which later became famous for its annual bathing festival.

MN 26SN 35.28Ud 1.9AN 8.64

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