Pāli Dictionary

jappa

japprootasuffix

Part of speech

noun

Root

japp1mutter; pray

Synonyms

samphappalāpa

general

  • talk; speech; idle chatter or gossip

  • Snp 2.9

    hassaṃ jappaṃ paridevaṃ padosaṃ, māyākataṃ kuhanaṃ giddhi mānaṃ, sārambhaṃ kakkasaṃ kasāvañ'ca mucchaṃ, hitvā care vītamado ṭhit'atto.

  • muttering; whispering; a muttered prayer or incantation

  • recitation of the Vedas; the reciting of mantras

  • MN 98

    tevijjānaṃ yadakkhātaṃ, tatra kevalino'smase, padakasmā veyyākaraṇā, jappe ācariyasādisā, tesaṃ no jātivādasmiṃ, vivādo atthi gotama.

jappā

approximate

japprootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

japp1mutter; pray

Synonyms

icchā, apekkhā, āsā, pihā, pajappā, giddhi, kamyatā, kāmatā,

doctrine

  • desire; greed; longing; craving

  • Snp 5.2

    avijjāya nivuto loko, vevicchā pamādā nappakāsati, jappā-abhilepanaṃ brūmi, dukkham'assa mahabbhayaṃ.

general

  • talk motivated by greed; self-interested speech (e.g. for gain)

jappati

japroottisuffix

via inflected form jappa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

japp1mutter; pray

Synonyms

kāmeti, abhinandati, piheti, nikāmeti, pajappati

mind

  • desires; longs; yearns; hungers (for)

  • Snp 4.9

    na diṭṭhiyā na sutiyā na ñāṇena, sīlabbaten'āpi na suddhim'āha, adiṭṭhiyā assutiyā añāṇā, asīlatā abbatā no'pi tena, ete ca nissajja anuggahāya, santo anissāya bhavaṃ na jappe.

general

  • mutters; prays; murmurs (an incantation)

  • Snp 4.9

    na diṭṭhiyā na sutiyā na ñāṇena, sīlabbaten'āpi na suddhim'āha, adiṭṭhiyā assutiyā añāṇā, asīlatā abbatā no'pi tena, ete ca nissajja anuggahāya, santo anissāya bhavaṃ na jappe.

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