Pāli Dictionary

paccayā

patiprefixirootasuffix

Part of speech

indeclinable

Root

i1go; come


doctrine

  • conditioned by; because of; due to (as in the formula ‘X paccayā Y’ - conditioned by X, Y arises)

  • MN 38

    avijjāpaccayā saṅkhārā, saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṃ, viññāṇapaccayā

  • AN 10.61

    purimā, bhikkhave, koṭi na paññāyati avijjāya, ito pubbe avijjā n'āhosi, atha pacchā samabhavī'ti. evañ'c'etaṃ, bhikkhave, vuccati, atha ca pana paññāyati, idappaccayā avijjā'ti

paccaya

approximate

patiprefixirootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

i1go; come

Synonyms

Antonyms


doctrine

  • cause; condition; ground; supporting condition; relation (in the Abhidhamma system of conditional relations)

monastic

  • requisite; support; means of help; (especially) the four requisites of a monastic (robes, almsfood, lodging, medicine)

mind

  • trust; confidence; reliance; faith

general

  • (grammar) affix; suffix; verbal ending

  • (as adjective) dependent (on); reliant (on); based (on); supported (by)

  • MN 56

    atha kho upāli gahapati diṭṭhadhammo pattadhammo viditadhammo pariyogāḷhadhammo tiṇṇavicikiccho vigatakathaṃkatho vesārajjappatto aparappaccayo satthusāsane bhagavantaṃ etadavoca, handa ca dāni mayaṃ, bhante, gacchāma, bahukiccā mayaṃ bahukaraṇīyā'ti.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Paccaya
Personapproximate
  • An Arahant of noble birth from Rohī who renounced the world after hearing the Buddha teach from a jewelled pavilion in the sky, and who, ninety-one world-cycles earlier, had offered a fig to the Buddha Vipassī.

Thag 3.2
Paccaya2
Personapproximate
  • The state elephant of Prince Vessantara, brought to the royal stall on the day of his birth.

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