Pāli Dictionary

nigghosa1

nirprefixghusrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

ghus1shout; make noise

Synonyms

tuṇhībhūta, appasadda, appanigghosa

Antonyms

ghosa

general

  • noiseless, soundless; quiet, still

  • Snp 4.16

    ucc'āvacesu sayanesu, kīvanto tattha bheravā, yehi bhikkhu na vedheyya, nigghose sayan'āsane.

nigghosa2

nirprefixghusrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

sadda, vacas, upavāda, ninnāda

general

  • noise, sound; a shout, an outcry

  • DN 2

    kacci maṃ, samma jīvaka, na paccatthikānaṃ desi? kathañ'hi nāma tāva mahato bhikkhusaṅghassa aḍḍhateḷasānaṃ bhikkhusatānaṃ n'eva khipitasaddo bhavissati, na ukkāsitasaddo na nigghoso'ti.

  • speech, utterance; a proclamation, saying

  • Snp 5.6

    pucchāmi taṃ bhagavā brūhi me taṃ, vāc'ābhikaṅkhāmi mahesi tuyhaṃ, tava sutvāna nigghosaṃ, sikkhe nibbānam'attano.

  • fame, renown, report

  • Snp 3.11

    sutvā dhīrānaṃ nigghosaṃ, jhāyīnaṃ kāmacāginaṃ, tato hiriñ'ca saddhañ'ca, bhiyyo kubbetha māmako.

  • blame, criticism, rebuke

  • Snp 4.7

    saṅkappehi pareto so, kapaṇo viya jhāyati, sutvā paresaṃ nigghosaṃ, maṅku hoti tathāvidho.

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