Pāli Dictionary

kattara

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • 老いた、擦り切れた

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

  • 非常に小さい

  • very small

kattar1

approximate

karroottarsuffix

via inflected form kattārā · instrumental singular / ablative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kar7する；作る

Synonyms

sāvetar

Antonyms

kamma

general

  • 行為者；作る者；創造者；話者；作者

  • 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

  • （文法）行為者；動詞の主語；能動態

  • (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

kar7する；作る

Synonyms

kāra, kāraka, nimmātar, kammika

doctrine

  • 為す者；作り手；創造者；著者；話し手

  • 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

  • （文法）主事者；動詞の主語；能動態

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

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