Pāli Dictionary

pālaka

pālrootakasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

pāl8schützen

Synonyms

ārakkha, rakkhitar, pāla, ārakkhaka

general

  • Hirte; Viehhüter

  • shepherd; herder

  • AN 3.70

    gopālako sāyanhasamaye sāmikānaṃ gāvo niyyātetvā iti paṭisañcikkhati, ajja kho gāvo amukasmiñ'ca amukasmiñ'ca padese cariṃsu

  • MN 50

    addasaṃsu kho te, pāpima, gopālakā pasupālakā kassakā pathāvino āyasmantaṃ sañjīvaṃ piṇḍāya carantaṃ, disvāna nesaṃ etadahosi, acchariyaṃ vata, bho, abbhutaṃ vata, bho! ayaṃ samaṇo nisinnako'va kālaṅ'kato, sv'āyaṃ paṭisañjīvito'ti.

  • Beschützer; Wächter; Hüter

  • protector; guard; keeper

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