Pāli Dictionary

kāma

kamrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun

Root

kam1යන්න

Synonyms

ārāma, iccha, kāmī

Antonyms

nekkhamma, akāma

doctrine

  • කාමය; කාම රාගය; ඉන්ද්‍රිය සුඛ විඳීමේ ආශාව; කාම ගුණ

  • sense desire; sensual pleasure; lust; the objects of sensual pleasure (the five cords of sensuality)

general

  • (විශේෂණ) කැමැති; ආශා කරන; අපේක්ෂා කරන

  • (as adjective) wishing; wanting; desiring; fond of (often used as suffix in compounds or with infinitives)

  • DN 19

    bhavam'atthu bhavantaṃ jotipālaṃ, rājā disampati bhavantaṃ jotipālaṃ māṇavaṃ āmantayati, rājā disampati bhoto jotipālassa māṇavassa dassanakāmo'ti

  • Snp 4.16

    vijigucchamānassa yadidaṃ phāsu, ritt'āsanaṃ sayanaṃ sevato ce, sambodhikāmassa yath'ānudhammaṃ, taṃ te pavakkhāmi yathā pajānaṃ.

  • (ක්‍රියා විශේෂණය kāmaṃ) කැමති පරිදි; සිතු පරිදි; කැමැත්තෙන්; වුවද

  • (as adverb kāmaṃ) at will; as one pleases; willingly; rather; even if

kāmā

approximate

kāmastemāsuffix

Part of speech

indeclinable

Root

kam1යන්න

general

  • කැමැත්තෙන්; උනන්දුවෙන්

  • willingly; eagerly; of one’s own accord

kama

approximate

kamrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kam1යන්න

Synonyms

pariyāya, pāda, anupāda, pada, caraṇa, anukkama

general

  • පිළිවෙළ; අනුක්‍රමය

  • order; sequence; succession; method; way; course

kamati

approximate

kamrootasuffix

via inflected form kama · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

uppajjati, yāti, paññāyati, gacchati, āgacchati, saṃvattati, vattati, pavattati,

general

  • යයි; ගමන් කරයි; චලනය වෙයි; පියාසර කරයි

  • goes; travels; moves; flies through

  • AN 5.23

    pathaviyā'pi ummujjanimujjaṃ kareyyaṃ, seyyathā'pi udake, udake'pi abhijjamāno gaccheyyaṃ, seyyathā'pi pathaviyaṃ, ākāse'pi pallaṅkena kameyyaṃ, seyyathā'pi pakkhī sakuṇo

  • ඇතුළු වෙයි; විනිවිද යයි; කෙරෙහි බලපායි

  • enters; penetrates; takes effect on; affects

  • AN 11.15

    manussānaṃ piyo hoti, amanussānaṃ piyo hoti, devatā rakkhanti, n'āssa aggi vā visaṃ vā satthaṃ vā kamati, tuvaṭaṃ cittaṃ samādhiyati, mukhavaṇṇo vippasīdati

  • සිදු වෙයි; හටගනියි; පවතියි

  • occurs; happens; goes on; takes place

  • MN 28

    so evaṃ pajānāti, tathābhūto kho ayaṃ kāyo yathābhūtasmiṃ kāye pāṇisamphassā'pi kamanti, leḍḍusamphassā'pi kamanti, daṇḍasamphassā'pi kamanti, satthasamphassā'pi kamanti.

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