Pāli Dictionary

kiriyā

karrootkirstemiyāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

kar7to do; to make

Synonyms

cariyā

Antonyms

akiriyā, akiriya

general

  • action; deed; performance; activity

  • (grammar) verb; predicate

doctrine

  • (Abhidhamma) karmically neutral action; mere functioning; inoperative action; functional consciousness

kiriya

approximate

karrootkirstemiyasuffix

Part of speech

noun

Root

kar7to do; to make

Synonyms

kā, cariyā

Antonyms

akiriyā, akiriya

general

  • action; deed; performance; doing

  • DN 34

    das'uttaraṃ pavakkhāmi, dhammaṃ nibbānapattiyā, dukkhass'antakiriyāya, sabbaganthappamocanaṃ.

  • AN 10.73

    ālasyaṃ anuṭṭhānaṃ bhogānaṃ paripantho, amaṇḍanā avibhūsanā vaṇṇassa paripantho, asappāyakiriyā ārogyassa paripantho

  • (grammar) verb; predicate

doctrine

  • (Abhidhamma) functional; karmically inoperative; action of an arahant that does not produce kamma; functional consciousness

ethics

  • vow; promise; intention; pledge

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