Pāli Dictionary

issara

īsrootarasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

īs3have power

Synonyms

rāja, vasī, bhattar, pati, adhipati, inda, sāmī, ayiraka,

Antonyms

anissara

general

  • a lord; a ruler; a master; one who holds authority

  • Thag 19.1

    tathā tu kassāmi yathā'pi issaro, yaṃ labbhati tena'pi hotu me alaṃ, na t'āhaṃ kassāmi yathā atandito, biḷārabhastaṃ'va yathā sumadditaṃ.

  • DN 21

    sakko ce me varaṃ dajjā, tāvatiṃsānam'issaro, t'āhaṃ bhadde vareyy'āhe, evaṃ kāmo daḷho mama.

  • powerful; wealthy; of high standing; entitled

  • lordship; sovereignty; rulership

  • Thag 16.10

    bhesajjesu yathā vejjā, kicc'ākicce yathā gihī, gaṇikā'va vibhūsāyaṃ, issare khattiyā yathā.

doctrine

  • (in theistic doctrines disputed by Buddhism) the Creator; God Almighty; the supreme lord of the world

  • MN 49

    eso hi, bhikkhu, brahmā mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthu'daso vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā seṭṭho sajitā vasī pitā bhūtabhabyānaṃ.

  • DN 20

    das'ettha issarā āguṃ, paccekavasavattino, tesañ'ca majjhato āga, hārito parivārito.

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