Pāli Dictionary

kadariya

kuprefixariyastem

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

macchariya, macchera, nanikāma

Antonyms

dāna

ethics

  • कंजूस; कृपण

  • miserly; stingy; niggardly

  • Dhp 177

    na ve kadariyā devalokaṃ vajanti, bālā have nappasaṃsanti dānaṃ, dhīro ca dānaṃ anumodamāno, ten'eva so hoti sukhī parattha.

  • Snp 1.7

    rosako kadariyo ca, pāp'iccho maccharī saṭho, ahiriko anottappī, taṃ jaññā vasalo iti.

  • कंजूसी; कृपणता (अमूर्त संज्ञा)

  • miserliness; stinginess; tight-fistedness (abstract noun)

  • Dhp 223

    akkodhena jine kodhaṃ, asādhuṃ sādhunā jine, jine kadariyaṃ dānena, saccen'ālikavādinaṃ.

general

  • अप्रिय; बुरा; भयंकर (व्यापक नकारात्मक प्रयोग)

  • disagreeable; bad; terrible (a broader pejorative use)

  • Ja 530

    kadariyatāpanā ghorā, accimanto mahabbhayā, lomahaṃsanarūpā ca, bhesmā paṭibhayā dukhā.

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