Pāli Dictionary

harita1

approximate

hariroottasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

har1carry

general

  • plants; vegetables; greenery

  • crops; edible plants

  • green grass; green leaves

  • AN 4.198

    so tattha anantarahitāya bhūmiyā harit'upalittāya seyyaṃ kappeti.

harita2

approximate

hariroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

alla

general

  • green; fresh (of colour or vegetation)

  • AN 10.176

    no ce pathaviṃ āmaseyyāsi, allāni gomayāni āmaseyyāsi, no ce allāni gomayāni āmaseyyāsi, haritāni tiṇāni āmaseyyāsi

  • SN 1.10

    anāgatappajappāya, atītass'ānusocanā, etena bālā sussanti, naḷo'va harito luto'ti.

haritā

approximate

hariroottasuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Synonyms

suvaṇṇa, jātarūpa, hirañña, kañcana, sovaṇṇa, satthuvaṇṇa, hema, hāṭaka,

general

  • gold

  • Thag 2.22

    sahassakaṇḍo satageṇḍu, dhajālu haritāmayo, anaccuṃ tattha gandhabbā, chasahassāni sattadhā'ti.

harīta

approximate

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • green; yellow; yellowish-green

  • (as noun) a type of creeper

haritar

approximate

harroottarsuffix

via inflected form harita · nominative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

har1carry

general

  • one who carries away; a carrier

Encyclopedia

6 entries

Hārita
Other

  • A name identified with Harittaca, referred to in the Hāritaca Jātaka.

Hārita2
Person

  • A great Brahmā who attended the teaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta at the head of a hundred thousand other Brahmās.

Hārita3
Person

  • A wealthy brahmin’s son of Sāvatthi who, after his beautiful wife died of a snakebite, sought the Buddha in his grief and eventually attained Arahantship upon seeing a fletcher straighten an arrow.

Hārita4
Person

  • A Sāvatthi brahmin who carried his pride of birth into monastic life, calling others low-born, until reflection on the Buddha’s teaching stirred remorse that led him to Arahantship.

Thag 1.29Thag 3.15
Hārita5
Place

  • A mountain near the Himavā.

Hārita6
Person

  • An Arahant taught by Dhammadassī Buddha at the Sudassanārāma, declared foremost among those who practised austerities.

Found an error in the dictionary?