Pāli Dictionary

pāvaka

purootakasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

pu5purify; cleanse

Synonyms

parisuddha, sukka, pariyodāta, pasanna, pabhassara, jalita, bhassara

general

  • pure, bright, clear, shining

  • Dhp 140

    atha v'āssa agārāni, aggi ḍahati pāvako, kāyassa bhedā duppañño, nirayaṃ so'papajjati.

  • fire

  • Dhp 71

    na hi pāpaṃ kataṃ kammaṃ, sajju khīraṃ'va muccati, ḍahantaṃ bālam'anveti, bhasmacchanno'va pāvako.

  • SN 3.1

    laddhā hi so upādānaṃ, mahā hutvāna pāvako, so āsajja ḍahe bālaṃ, naraṃ nariñ'ca ekadā.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

pavakā
  1. pavapavāti

    (of a smell or fragrance) diffuses, exudes, gives off, blows forth

  2. kā

    who?; what?; which?; which woman? (interrogative pronoun, feminine singular nominative of ‘ka’)

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