Pāli Dictionary

lahuka

lahustemkasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

khippa, sīgha, javasampanna, ittara, java, lahu, javana, javanaka

Antonyms

garuka

general

  • rapide; prompt; agile

  • quick; fast; swift

  • léger; de faible poids

  • light; light in weight; buoyant

  • MN 119

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, puriso lahukaṃ suttaguḷaṃ sabbasāramaye aggaḷaphalake pakkhipeyya. taṃ kiṃ maññatha, bhikkhave, api nu so puriso taṃ lahukaṃ suttaguḷaṃ sabbasāramaye aggaḷaphalake labhetha otāran'ti? no h'etaṃ, bhante.

  • AN 8.80

    ahaṃ kho gāmaṃ vā nigamaṃ vā piṇḍāya caranto n'ālatthaṃ lūkhassa vā paṇītassa vā bhojanassa yāva'd'atthaṃ pāripūriṃ. tassa me kāyo lahuko kammañño. hand'āhaṃ vīriyaṃ ārabhāmi appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāyā'ti.

  • (du temps ou de la vie) bref; éphémère

  • (of time or life) brief; short-lived; fleeting

monastic

  • (d’une faute monastique) légère; mineure; insignifiante (une des cinq classes de fautes)

  • (of a monastic offence) light; minor; trifling (one of the five classes of offences)

  • AN 1.152-159

    ye te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū lahukaṃ āpattiṃ garukā āpattī'ti dīpenti … garukaṃ āpattiṃ lahukā āpattī'ti dīpenti … te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bahujana-ahitāya paṭipannā bahujana-asukhāya, bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya devamanussānaṃ.

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