Pāli Dictionary

guṇa

guṇrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

dhamma, dhana, kalyāṇa, bandhana, lakkhaṇa, bhāga, sandhi, yotta,

Antonyms

aguṇa

ethics

  • quality; virtue; good attribute, merit

  • AN 3.67

    ye viruddhā sallapanti, viniviṭṭhā samussitā, anariyaguṇam'āsajja, añño'ññavivar'esino.

  • DN 30

    bhavati parijan'assavo vidheyyo, mah'imaṃ āvasito susaṅgahito, piyavadū hitasukhataṃ jigīsamāno, abhirucitāni guṇāni ācarati.

general

  • a cord; rope; string, strand, thread, tie

  • DN 22

    atthi imasmiṃ kāye… antaṃ antaguṇaṃ udariyaṃ karīsaṃ (matthaluṅgaṃ), pittaṃ semhaṃ pubbo lohitaṃ sedo medo, assu vasā kheḷo siṅghāṇikā lasikā muttan'ti.

  • DN 21

    nāgo'va sannāni guṇāni chetvā, deve tāvatiṃse atikkamiṃsu, saindā devā sapajāpatikā, sabbe sudhammāya sabhāy'upaviṭṭhā.

  • -times; -fold (as a multiplicative suffix, e.g. diguṇa ‘twofold’)

  • Thig 6.5

    yattakaṃ tulitā esā, tuyhaṃ dhītā anopamā, tato aṭṭhaguṇaṃ dassaṃ, hiraññaṃ ratanāni ca.

  • Snp 3.11

    ucc'āvacā hi paṭipadā, samaṇena pakāsitā, na pāraṃ diguṇaṃ yanti, na'y'idaṃ ekaguṇaṃ mutaṃ.

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