Pāli Dictionary

pure

approximate

Part of speech

indeclinable

Synonyms

pubbe, pura, atītamaddhānaṃ, bhūtapubba, puratthā, puratthato, puratthaṃ

Antonyms

pacchā, majjhe, pacchato

general

  • පෙර; ඉකුත් කල; පූර්වයෙහි

  • formerly; previously; in the past; earlier

  • Snp 4.2

    icchānidānā bhavasātabaddhā, te duppamuñcā na hi aññamokkhā, pacchā pure vā'pi apekkhamānā, ime'va kāme purime'va jappaṃ.

  • ඉදිරියෙහි; පළමුකොට; අභිමුඛයෙහි

  • in front; before; ahead; leading

pūra

pūrrootasuffix

via inflected form pūre · accusative plural / locative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

pūr1පිරවීම; ඉටු කරනවා

Synonyms

bhuttāvī, ākula

Antonyms

ūnaka

general

  • පිරුණු; සම්පූර්ණ

  • full; filled (with); stuffed (with)

  • Snp 3.11

    yadūnakaṃ taṃ saṇati, yaṃ pūraṃ santam'eva taṃ, aḍḍhakumbh'ūpamo bālo, rahado pūro'va paṇḍito.

  • Thig 13.1

    vāsito'va surabhī karaṇḍako, pupphapūra mama uttam'aṅgajo, taṃ jarāy'atha salomagandhikaṃ, saccavādivacanaṃ anaññathā.

pūreti

pṛrootesuffix

via inflected form pūre · 1st person·imperative·reflexive singular / 3rd person·optative singular / 2nd person·optative singular / 1st person·optative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

pūr1පිරවීම; ඉටු කරනවා

Synonyms

paripūreti, anubhavati

general

  • පුරවයි; පුරණය කරයි

  • fills; fills up; makes full

  • Thig 1.3

    puṇṇe pūrassu dhammehi, cando pannarase'r'iva, paripuṇṇāya paññāya, tamokhandhaṃ padālayā'ti.

  • MN 54

    yaṃnūn'āhaṃ imaṃ rukkhaṃ ārohitvā yāva'd'atthañ'ca khādeyyaṃ ucchaṅgañ'ca pūreyyan'ti. so taṃ rukkhaṃ ārohitvā yāva'd'atthañ'ca khādeyya ucchaṅgañ'ca pūreyya.

  • සම්පූර්ණ කරයි; ඉටු කරයි; තෘප්තිමත් කරයි

  • fulfils; accomplishes; completes; satisfies

pūrati

pūrrootasuffix

via inflected form pūre · 1st person·present·reflexive singular / 1st person·imperative·reflexive singular / 3rd person·optative singular / 2nd person·optative singular / 1st person·optative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

pūr1පිරවීම; ඉටු කරනවා

general

  • පිරෙයි; සම්පූර්ණ වෙයි

  • becomes full, is filled; (of a wish, term) is fulfilled

  • MN 54

    jānāmi kho pan'āhaṃ rukkhaṃ ārohituṃ. yaṃnūn'āhaṃ imaṃ rukkhaṃ ārohitvā yāva'd'atthañ'ca khādeyyaṃ ucchaṅgañ'ca pūreyyan'ti.

  • Dhp 121

    m'āvamaññetha pāpassa, na man'taṃ āgamissati, udabindunipātena, udakumbho'pi pūrati, bālo pūrati pāpassa, thokaṃ thokam'pi ācinaṃ.

pura

approximate

via inflected form pure · accusative plural / locative singular

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • නුවර; නගරය; පුරය

  • town; city; fortress; capital

  • SN 35.248

    sace, mārisā, dev'āsurasaṅgāme samupabyūḷhe asurā jineyyuṃ devā parājineyyuṃ, yena naṃ sakkaṃ devānam'indaṃ kaṇṭhapañcamehi bandhanehi bandhitvā mama santike āneyyātha asurapuran'ti.

  • MN 12

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā vesāliyaṃ viharati bahinagare aparapure vanasaṇḍe.

  • ගෘහය; නිවස; අභ්යන්තර කාමරය

  • dwelling; house; inner chamber

  • ශරීරය

  • the body

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