Pāli Dictionary

nikāmeti

niprefixkamrootesuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

kam1aller

Synonyms


mind

  • désire; convoite; aspire (à)

  • desires; craves; longs (for)

  • SN 17.3

    yo hi koci, bhikkhave, bhikkhu uppannaṃ lābhasakkārasilokaṃ assādeti nikāmeti, ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu giddho papatāya anayaṃ āpanno byasanaṃ āpanno yathākāmakaraṇīyo pāpimato.

  • AN 4.123

    so tadassādeti, taṃ nikāmeti, tena ca vittiṃ āpajjati. tattha ṭhito tadadhimutto tabbahulavihārī aparihīno kālaṃ kurumāno brahmakāyikānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjati.

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