Pāli Dictionary

jalati

jalrootasuffixtisuffix

via inflected form jale · 1st person·present·reflexive singular / 1st person·imperative·reflexive singular / 3rd person·optative singular / 2nd person·optative singular / 1st person·optative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

jal1shine; blaze

Synonyms

jhāyati, pajjalati, jāleti

general

  • burns; blazes; is aflame

  • SN 44.9

    seyyathā'pi, vaccha, aggi saupādāno jalati, no anupādāno, evam'eva khv'āhaṃ, vaccha, saupādānassa upapattiṃ paññāpemi, no anupādānassā'ti.

jala

jalrootasuffix

via inflected form jale · accusative plural / locative singular

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

jal1shine; blaze

Synonyms

ka, udaka, uda, vāri, oka, toya, odaka, daka,

general

  • water

  • Snp 4.9

    yehi vivitto vicareyya loke, na tāni uggayha vadeyya nāgo, jala-ambujaṃ kaṇḍakaṃ vārijaṃ yathā, jalena paṅkena c'anūpalittaṃ, evaṃ munī santivādo agiddho, kāme ca loke ca anūpalitto.

jāla1

approximate

jalrootasuffix

via inflected form jāle · accusative plural / locative singular

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

jal1shine; blaze

Synonyms

santānaka

general

  • a net; snare; entanglement (literal or figurative)

  • Dhp 174

    andhabhūto ayaṃ loko, tanuk'ettha vipassati, sakuṇo jālamutto'va, appo saggāya gacchati.

  • Dhp 251

    n'atthi rāgasamo aggi, n'atthi dosasamo gaho, n'atthi mohasamaṃ jālaṃ, n'atthi taṇhāsamā nadī.

  • a web; cobweb; spider’s web

  • Dhp 347

    ye rāgaratt'ānupatanti sotaṃ, sayaṃkataṃ makkaṭako'va jālaṃ, etam'pi chetvāna vajanti dhīrā, anapekkhino sabbadukkhaṃ pahāya.

  • MN 91

    jālahatthapādo kho pana so bhavaṃ gotamo, idam'pi tassa bhoto gotamassa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati.

jaḷa

approximate

via inflected form jaḷe · accusative plural / locative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective · masculine

Synonyms

mudu, manda

Antonyms

ajaḷa

general

  • dull, slow-witted, stupid; (as a noun) a stupid person

  • Thag 17.2

    paññāpāramitaṃ patto, mahābuddhi mahāmati, ajaḷo jaḷasamāno, sadā carati nibbuto.

jāla2

approximate

jvālaroot

via inflected form jāle · accusative plural / locative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

jal1shine; blaze

general

  • glow; blaze; light, flame

jālā

approximate

jalrootāsuffix

via inflected form jāle · vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

jal1shine; blaze

general

  • a flame

jāleti

approximate

jalestemtisuffix

via inflected form jāle · 1st person·imperative·reflexive singular / 3rd person·optative singular / 2nd person·optative singular / 1st person·optative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

jal1shine; blaze

Synonyms

jhāyati, tapati, samādahati, jalati, pajjalati

general

  • kindles; lights; sets on fire; causes to burn or blaze

  • MN 99

    taṃ kiṃ maññasi, māṇava, yaṃ vā tiṇakaṭṭh'upādānaṃ paṭicca aggiṃ jāleyya yaṃ vā nissaṭṭhatiṇakaṭṭh'upādānaṃ aggiṃ jāleyya, katamo nu khv'āssa aggi accimā c'eva vaṇṇavā ca pabhassaro cā'ti?

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