Pāli Dictionary

nivāsana1

niprefixvasrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

vas1වාසය කරන්න; ජීවත් වෙනවා

monastic

  • ඇඳුම් අඳින බව; යටි වස්ත්‍රය

  • wearing, dressing (in); an under-cloth, under-robe, inner garment

  • MN 54

    potaliyo'pi kho gahapati sampannanivāsanapāvuraṇo chatt'upāhanāhi jaṅghāvihāraṃ anucaṅkamamāno anuvicaramāno yena so vanasaṇḍo ten'upasaṅkami

nivāsana2

niprefixvasrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

vas1වාසය කරන්න; ජීවත් වෙනවා

Synonyms

agāra, nivesana, ghara, geha, niketa, vasana

general

  • වාසස්ථානය; නිවස

  • a house, home, dwelling, living place

nivāsa1

approximate

niprefixvasrootasuffix

via inflected form nivāsāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vas1වාසය කරන්න; ජීවත් වෙනවා

Synonyms

jīvita, pariyāya, vasanta, vasī, ajjhāvasanta, āsaya, vāsūpagata, vasana,

general

  • වාසස්ථානය; නවාතැන; වාසය කිරීම

  • dwelling; abode; resting-place; the act of living or staying (somewhere)

  • MN 49

    atthi kho, brahme, ābhassarā nāma kāyo yato tvaṃ cuto idh'ūpapanno. tassa te aticiranivāsena sā sati pamuṭṭhā, tena taṃ tvaṃ na jānāsi na passasi, tam'ahaṃ jānāmi passāmi.

  • DN 21

    te paṇītatarā devā, akaniṭṭhā yasassino, antime vattamānamhi, so nivāso bhavissati.

  • පෙර භවය; පෙර ජීවිතය (පුබ්බේනිවාසානුස්සති යන පදයේදී මෙන්)

  • (former) existence; a past life, as in the stock phrase pubbe-nivāsaṃ anussarati ‘to recollect one’s former lives’

  • AN 4.189

    katame ca, bhikkhave, dhammā satiyā sacchikaraṇīyā? pubbenivāso, bhikkhave, satiyā sacchikaraṇīyo.

  • Thag 17.2

    n'eva pubbenivāsāya, na'pi dibbassa cakkhuno, cetopariyāya iddhiyā, cutiyā upapattiyā, sotadhātuvisuddhiyā, paṇidhī me na vijjati.

nivāsa2

approximate

niprefixvasrootasuffix

via inflected form nivāsāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun

Root

vas1වාසය කරන්න; ජීවත් වෙනවා

general

  • ඇඳුම්; වස්ත්‍රය

  • clothing; garment; (under)clothes

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