Pāli Dictionary

paṭikūla

patiprefixkūlrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

kūl1obstruct; embank

Synonyms

amanāpa, appiya, akanta, amanāpika, amanāpiya, akantiya, lūkhasa, nanikāma

Antonyms

appaṭikūla, appaṭikkūla

general

  • unpleasant; disagreeable; repulsive

  • SN 35.247

    evam'eva kho, bhikkhave, yassa kassaci bhikkhuno kāyagatāsati abhāvitā abahulīkatā, taṃ cakkhu āviñchati manāpiyesu rūpesu, amanāpiyā rūpā paṭikūlā honti

  • MN 105

    taṃ kiṃ maññasi, sunakkhatta, api nu tassa purisassa tasmiṃ vante puna bhottu'kamyatā assā'ti? no h'etaṃ, bhante. taṃ kissa hetu? aduñ'hi, bhante, vantaṃ paṭikūlasammatan'ti.

  • averse to; not wanting; disinclined (towards)

  • SN 12.63

    atha puriso āgaccheyya jīvitu'kāmo amaritu'kāmo sukhakāmo dukkhappaṭikūlo

patikula

approximate

patiprefixkulastem

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • husband’s family

paṭikūlati

patiprefixkūlrootasuffix

via inflected form paṭikūla · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

kūl1obstruct; embank

mind

  • recoils; is repulsed; experiences aversion (towards)

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