Pāli Dictionary

pacchima

pacchāstemimasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

pariyanta, carima, carimaka

Antonyms

purima, pubba, puratthima, pācīna

general

  • last; final; latest; later; hindmost; back; (as noun) the last person or thing

  • DN 16

    atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi, handa dāni, bhikkhave, āmantayāmi vo, vayadhammā saṅkhārā appamādena sampādethā'ti. ayaṃ tathāgatassa pacchimā vācā.

  • Thig 7.1

    rattiyā pacchime yāme, tamokkhandhaṃ padālayiṃ, tevijjā atha vuṭṭhāsiṃ, katā te anusāsanī.

  • least; smallest; lowest; meanest

  • MN 85

    disvāna paccuggantvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā purakkhatvā yena kokanado pāsādo ten'upasaṅkami. atha kho bhagavā pacchimaṃ sopānakaḷevaraṃ nissāya aṭṭhāsi.

cosmology

  • western; west; (as noun) the west

  • AN 4.46

    tassa mayhaṃ, bhante, evarūpo padavītihāro ahosi, seyyathā'pi nāma puratthimā samuddā pacchimo samuddo.

  • DN 9

    tam'enaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ, ambho purisa, yassa tvaṃ pāsādassa ārohaṇāya nisseṇiṃ karosi, jānāsi taṃ pāsādaṃ puratthimāya vā disāya dakkhiṇāya vā disāya pacchimāya vā disāya uttarāya vā disāya ucco vā nīco vā majjhimo vā'ti?

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