Pāli Dictionary

pālita

pālaroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

pāl8protect

general

  • protected; guarded; preserved

palita1

approximate

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • grey; hoary (esp. of hair)

  • Dhp 260

    na tena thero so hoti, yen'assa palitaṃ siro, paripakko vayo tassa, moghajiṇṇo'ti vuccati.

  • MN 13

    idha, bhikkhave, tam'eva bhaginiṃ passeyya aparena samayena āsītikaṃ vā nāvutikaṃ vā vassasatikaṃ vā jātiyā, jiṇṇaṃ gopānasivaṅkaṃ bhoggaṃ daṇḍaparāyanaṃ pavedhamānaṃ gacchantiṃ āturaṃ gatayobbanaṃ khaṇḍadantaṃ palitakesaṃ, vilūnaṃ khalitasiraṃ valinaṃ tilak'āhatagattaṃ.

  • matured; aged

palita2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • grey hair

  • MN 83

    atha kho, ānanda, rājā maghadevo bahūnaṃ vassānaṃ bahūnaṃ vassasatānaṃ bahūnaṃ vassasahassānaṃ accayena kappakaṃ āmantesi, yadā me, samma kappaka, passeyyāsi sirasmiṃ palitāni jātāni, atha me āroceyyāsī'ti.

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Pālita
Person

  • Nephew of Cakkhupāla who, ordained for his own protection before being sent to fetch his blind uncle, abandoned him on the road to dally with a woman gathering firewood, causing Cakkhupāla to refuse further travel with him.

Pālita2
Person

  • A young prince of Sumaṅgala city who, with his friend Sabbadassī, hosted Piyadassī Buddha for seven days, then entered the Order and, in time, became that Buddha’s chief disciple.

Pālita3
Person

  • The constant attendant of Maṅgala Buddha.

Pālita4
Person

  • A Nāga king in Padumuttara Buddha’s time, a previous birth of Rāhula, though elsewhere given the names Saṅkha or Pathavindhara.

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