Pāli Dictionary

padesa

paprefixdisrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

dis1see

Synonyms

pada, janapada, desa, vidhā, bhāga, khaṇḍa, aṃsa, bhūma,

general

  • place; region; location; district; spot

  • part; portion; piece; limited extent; (as adv.) partially

  • AN 3.88

    iti kho, bhikkhave, paripūraṃ paripūrakārī ārādheti padesaṃ padesakārī. avañjhānitv'ev'āhaṃ, bhikkhave, sikkhāpadāni vadāmī'ti.

  • SN 45.11

    atha kho bhagavā tassa aḍḍhamāsassa accayena paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito bhikkhū āmantesi, yena sv'āhaṃ, bhikkhave, vihārena paṭham'ābhisambuddho viharāmi, tassa padesena vihāsiṃ.

  • a measure of length; a span (the distance between the tip of the thumb and another finger)

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

pādaesa
  1. pāda

    foot; leg; footprint

  2. esa

    this; he; it; that person (masculine nominative singular of the demonstrative pronoun ‘eta’; sandhi form of ‘eso’ before vowels)

apiādesa
  1. api

    (prefix) on; onto; towards; close by

  2. ādesa

    pointing out, indication

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