Pāli Dictionary

paṭikkūla1

paṭiprefixkūlrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

kūl1obstruct; embank

Synonyms

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

general

  • repulsive; disagreeable; unpleasant

  • MN 152

    paṭikkūle appaṭikūlasaññī vihareyyan'ti

  • averse (to); opposed (to); repulsed (by), esp. governing the dative

  • MN 54

    seyyathā'pi, gahapati, aṅgārakāsu sādhikaporisā, pūrā aṅgārānaṃ vīt'accikānaṃ vītadhūmānaṃ. atha puriso āgaccheyya jīvitu'kāmo amaritu'kāmo sukhakāmo dukkhappaṭikkūlo.

paṭikkūla2

paṭiprefixkūlrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

meditation

  • a foul thing; a repulsive thing (esp. an object of meditation on impurity)

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