Pāli Dictionary

jayati

jayastemtisuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

ji1conquer

Synonyms

sahati, jināti, abhibhavati

general

  • conquers; defeats; surpasses; wins (against)

jāyati

approximate

janrootyasuffix

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

sambhoti, sañjāyati, pabhavati

Antonyms

chijjati

cosmology

  • is born; is reborn; comes into being

  • DN 14

    kicchaṃ vat'āyaṃ loko āpanno, jāyati ca jīyati ca mīyati ca cavati ca upapajjati ca, atha ca pan'imassa dukkhassa nissaraṇaṃ nappajānāti jarāmaraṇassa

  • AN 8.13

    idha, bhikkhave, rañño bhaddo ass'ājānīyo ubhato sujāto hoti, mātito ca pitito ca. yassaṃ disāyaṃ aññe'pi bhaddā ass'ājānīyā jāyanti, tassaṃ disāyaṃ jāto hoti.

general

  • arises; is produced; comes about

  • AN 6.10

    pamuditassa pīti jāyati, pītimanassa kāyo passambhati, passaddhakāyo sukhaṃ vediyati, sukhino cittaṃ samādhiyati.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

jāyaiti
  1. jāyaja

    born from; produced by; made of; caused by (usually used as a suffix in compounds)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

jāyāiti
  1. jāyā

    wife

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

Found an error in the dictionary?