Pāli Dictionary

kattara

Part of speech

adjective


general

  • बूढ़ा, जीर्ण

  • weak; old; worn (esp. in compounds like kattaradaṇḍa, ‘an old man’s staff’)

  • बहुत छोटा

  • very small

kattar1

approximate

karroottarsuffix

via inflected form kattārā · instrumental singular / ablative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kar7करना; बनाना

Synonyms

Antonyms


general

  • कर्ता; निर्माता; स्रष्टा; वक्ता; लेखक; करने वाला

  • doer; maker; creator; speaker; author; one who acts or performs

  • AN 8.30

    tatra bhikkhu vivekaninnena cittena vivekapoṇena vivekapabbhārena vivek'aṭṭhena nekkhamm'ābhiratena añña'd'atthu uyyojanika-paṭisaṃyuttaṃ'y'eva kathaṃ kattā hoti

  • AN 11.17

    idha, bhikkhave, gopālako na rūpaññū hoti, na lakkhaṇakusalo hoti, na āsāṭikaṃ hāretā hoti, na vaṇaṃ paṭicchādetā hoti, na dhūmaṃ kattā hoti, na titthaṃ jānāti, na pītaṃ jānāti, na vīthiṃ jānāti, na gocarakusalo hoti

  • (व्याकरण) कर्ता; क्रिया का कर्ता; सक्रिय वाच्य

  • (grammar) agent; subject of a verb; active voice

kattar2

approximate

karroottarsuffix

via inflected form kattārā · instrumental singular / ablative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kar7करना; बनाना

Synonyms


doctrine

  • करने वाला; निर्माता; स्रष्टा; लेखक; वक्ता

  • doer; maker; creator; author; one who performs or speaks

  • MN 49

    eso hi, bhikkhu, brahmā mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthu'daso vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā seṭṭho sajitā vasī pitā bhūtabhabyānaṃ.

  • AN 4.61

    sa kho so, gahapati, ariyasāvako uṭṭhānavīriy'ādhigatehi bhogehi bāhābalaparicitehi sed'āvakkhittehi dhammikehi dhammaladdhehi imāni cattāri pattakammāni kattā hoti.

general

  • (व्याकरण)कर्ता; क्रिया का कर्ता; सक्रिय वाच्य

  • (grammar) agent; subject of the verb; active voice

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