Pāli Dictionary

kāsāva1

kasāvastemasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

kāsāya

monastic

  • ဖန်ရည်ဆိုးသော (သင်္ကန်းအရောင်ဖြင့်)

  • dyed with organic (ochre/reddish-brown) colour, as a monk’s robe

  • Dhp 9

    anikkasāvo kāsāvaṃ, yo vatthaṃ paridahissati, apeto damasaccena, na so kāsāvam'arahati.

  • Dhp 307

    kāsāvakaṇṭhā bahavo, pāpadhammā asaññatā, pāpā pāpehi kammehi, nirayaṃ te upapajjare.

kāsāva2

kasāvastemasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

monastic

  • ဖန်ရည်ဆိုးသော သင်္ကန်း

  • the ochre/reddish-brown dyed robe worn by Buddhist monastics; its colour

  • SN 35.244

    ehi, bho purisa, kiṃ te ime kāsāvā anudahanti, kiṃ muṇḍo kapālamanucarasi, ehi hīnāy'āvattitvā bhoge ca bhuñjassu, puññāni ca karohī'ti.

  • Dhp 9

    anikkasāvo kāsāvaṃ, yo vatthaṃ paridahissati, apeto damasaccena, na so kāsāvam'arahati.

kasāva

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

upakkilesa

general

  • ဖန်သောအရသာ၊ သင်္ကန်းဆိုးသော ဖန်ရောင်၊ ဖန်ရောင်ဆန်သော

  • an astringent taste or substance; the orange/ochre dye or cloth used for monastic robes; of that orange-brown colour

  • AN 3.101

    taṃ hoti jātarūpaṃ dhantaṃ sandhantaṃ niddhantaṃ aniddhantaṃ anihitaṃ aninnītakasāvaṃ, na c'eva mudu hoti na ca kammaniyaṃ, na ca pabhassaraṃ pabhaṅgu ca, na ca sammā upeti kammāya.

  • Dhp 10

    yo ca vantakasāvassa, sīlesu susamāhito, upeto damasaccena, sa ve kāsāvam'arahati.

ethics

  • အညစ်အကြေး၊ အပြစ်အနာအဆာ (ရွှေ၏အညစ်အကြေးကဲ့သို့)

  • impurity, defect, imperfection, moral dross (e.g. of gold)

  • Snp 2.9

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

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