Pāli Dictionary

hīna

hārootnasuffix

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

Part of speech

adjective

Root

hā1abandon

Synonyms

parihīna, nihīna, aparaddha, papatita, apāhata, nīceyya, oma, vihīna

Antonyms

visesī

general

  • low; inferior; base; mean; deficient; (in debate) defeated, worsted; diminished

  • MN 7

    so atthi idaṃ, atthi hīnaṃ, atthi paṇītaṃ, atthi imassa saññāgatassa uttariṃ nissaraṇan'ti pajānāti.

  • Snp 4.8

    yam'assa vādaṃ parihīnam'āhu, apāhataṃ pañhavimaṃsakāse, paridevati socati hīnavādo, upaccagā man'ti anutthunāti.

  • deprived of; bereft of; lacking; deficient in; left behind; lost; strayed

  • Snp 4.13

    sace cuto sīlavatato hoti, pavedhatī kamma virādhayitvā, pajappatī patthayatī ca suddhiṃ, satthā'va hīno pavasaṃ gharamhā.

  • Thag 17.1

    guṇahīnā'pi saṅghamhi, voharantā visāradā, balavanto bhavissanti, mukharā assutāvino.

monastic

  • (as noun) the inferior; something worse; lay life; secular world (esp. returning to lay life, hīnāya āvattati)

  • MN 75

    yāh'ayaṃ, māgaṇḍiya, rati, aññatr'eva kāmehi aññatra akusalehi dhammehi, api dibbaṃ sukhaṃ samadhigayha tiṭṭhati, tāya ratiyā ramamāno hīnassa na pihemi, na tattha abhiramāmi.

  • DN 25

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

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