Pāli Dictionary

lapana

laprootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

lap1言说；闲谈

Synonyms

mukha, ullapana, upalāpana

general

  • 谄媚地说话；花言巧语（尤指为乞食而喃喃软语）

  • buttering up; wheedling, cajoling, sweet talking — indistinct chatter, esp. to beg for alms

  • AN 4.25

    na'y'idaṃ, bhikkhave, brahmacariyaṃ vussati janakuhan'atthaṃ, na janalapana-atthaṃ, na lābhasakkārasilok'ānisaṃs'atthaṃ, na itivādappamokkh'ānisaṃs'atthaṃ, na iti maṃ jano jānātū'ti.

  • 嘴；口

  • the mouth

  • DN 30

    laddhānaṃ mānusakaṃ bhavaṃ tato, cavitvāna sukataphalavipākaṃ, sesakena paṭilabhati lapanajaṃ, samama'pi sucisusukkaṃ.

lapanā

approximate

laprootanāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

lap1言说；闲谈

ethics

  • 谄媚；奉承；花言巧语

  • flattery; cajoling; sweet talk; wheedling

  • MN 117

    katamo ca, bhikkhave, micchāājīvo? kuhanā, lapanā, nemittikatā, nippesikatā, lābhena lābhaṃ nijigisanatā, ayaṃ, bhikkhave, micchāājīvo.

  • AN 4.25

    na'y'idaṃ, bhikkhave, brahmacariyaṃ vussati janakuhan'atthaṃ, na janalapan'atthaṃ, na lābhasakkārasilok'ānisaṃs'atthaṃ

lāpana

approximate

laprootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • 言说；喃喃自语；使之说话

  • speaking; uttering; muttering; causing to speak

  • MN 36

    so kho ahaṃ, aggivessana, tāvataken'eva oṭṭhapahatamattena lapitalāpanamattena ñāṇavādañ'ca vadāmi theravādañ'ca, jānāmi passāmī'ti ca paṭijānāmi, ahañ'c'eva aññe ca.

  • MN 106

    aniccā, bhikkhave, kāmā tucchā musā mosadhammā. māyākatam'etaṃ, bhikkhave, bālalāpanaṃ.

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