Pāli Dictionary

pabba

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

gaṇṭhi, phalu, phaḷu

general

  • တံတောင်ဆစ်; အဆစ်; ကိုယ်အင်္ဂါ

  • elbow; a joint; a limb (of the body)

  • SN 35.236

    hatthesu, bhikkhave, sati ādānanikkhepanaṃ paññāyati. pādesu sati abhikkamapaṭikkamo paññāyati. pabbesu sati samiñjanapasāraṇaṃ paññāyati. kucchismiṃ sati jighacchāpipāsā paññāyati.

  • အခန်း; အပိုင်း; အပိုဒ်

  • section; chapter; division (of a text)

  • DN 22

    iriyāpathapabbaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ

  • အကိုင်း၊ ပင်စည်၏ အဆစ်

  • (of a plant) a knot; a joint; a node (e.g. of a bamboo or reed stalk)

  • MN 36

    seyyathā'pi nāma āsītikapabbāni vā kāḷapabbāni vā, evam'ev'assu me aṅgapaccaṅgāni bhavanti tāy'ev'app'āhāratāya. seyyathā'pi nāma oṭṭhapadaṃ, evam'ev'assu me ānisadaṃ hoti tāy'ev'app'āhāratāya.

pabbati

pabbastemtisuffix

via inflected form pabba · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

vaḍḍheti, vaḍḍhati, pavaḍḍhati, udeti, virūhati

general

  • ဖွံ့ဖြိုးသည်; စည်ပင်သည်; ကြီးထွားသည်

  • develops; prospers; grows

  • DN 26

    so samaten'eva sudaṃ janapadaṃ pasāsati. tassa samatena janapadaṃ pasāsato pubben'āparaṃ janapadā na pabbanti, yathā taṃ pubbakānaṃ rājūnaṃ ariye cakkavattivatte vattamānānaṃ.

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