Pāli Dictionary

gayā1

gayāstem

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • गया (नगर); बोधि-वृक्ष और बनारस के बीच स्थित भारत का एक नगर

  • 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

  • गया (नदी); एक पवित्र नदी का नाम (टीका अनुसार: गोलाकार स्नान-कुंड)

  • 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

gam1जाना

Synonyms

gāmī

general

  • जाने वाला; गया हुआ; गमन करने वाला (आमतौर पर समास में)

  • 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

gā3गाना

Synonyms

uddisati, kāyati, sajjhāyati, saṅgāyati, anugāyati

general

  • गाता है; गाकर पाठ करता है

  • 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

  • जाना जाता है

  • is known

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Gayā
Place

  • एक तालाब जहाँ लोग यह विश्वास करते हुए स्नान करते थे कि इससे उनके पाप धुल जाएँगे।

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

MN 7
Gayā2
Place

  • भारत में बोधि वृक्ष और बाराणसी के बीच मार्ग पर स्थित एक नगर, जहाँ बुद्ध की भेंट तपस्वी उपक से हुई थी और जो बाद में अपने वार्षिक स्नान-उत्सव के लिए प्रसिद्ध हुआ।

  • 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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