Pāli Dictionary

hīnāyāvatta

hīnāyastemāvattasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

monastic

  • गृहस्थ जीवन में लौटा हुआ; संसार में वापस लौटा

  • reverted back to lay life; returned to the secular world

  • AN 4.122

    ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ūmibhayassa bhīto sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāy'āvatto. ūmibhayan'ti kho, bhikkhave, kodh'ūpāyāsass'etaṃ adhivacanaṃ. idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, ūmibhayaṃ.

hīnāyāvattati

hīnāyastemāprefixvatroot

via inflected form hīnāyāvatta · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Antonyms

abhiharati

monastic

  • गृहस्थ जीवन में लौट जाता है; निम्न अवस्था में वापस चला जाता है

  • reverts to lay life; returns to the secular/inferior state; backslides

  • AN 4.122

    so kupito anattamano sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāy'āvattati. ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ūmibhayassa bhīto sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāy'āvatto.

  • DN 25

    yato kho, nigrodha, tapassī cātuyāmasaṃvarasaṃvuto hoti, aduṃ c'assa hoti tapassitāya. so abhiharati no hīnāy'āvattati.

approximate

Compound structure

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hīnāyaāvaṭṭa
  1. hīnāyahīna

    नीच; हीन; तुच्छ; अपूर्ण; (वाद में) पराजित; क्षीण

  2. āvaṭṭa

    मुड़ा हुआ; घूमता हुआ; लिपटा हुआ

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