Pāli Dictionary

pakati1

paprefixkarroottisuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

kar7to do; to make

general

  • natural; normal; conventional; ordinary

pakati2

paprefixkarroottisuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • original or natural form; nature; natural state or condition

  • Thag 19.1

    varāha-eṇeyya-vigāḷha-sevite, pabbhārakuṭṭe pakat'eva sundare, nav'ambunā pāvusasitthakānane, tahiṃ guhāgehagato ramissasi.

  • occasion, occurrence; a common/customary saying

  • DN 8

    pakati kho esā, kassapa, lokasmiṃ, dukkaraṃ sāmaññaṃ dukkaraṃ brahmaññan'ti.

  • (grammar) the uninflected/base form of a word; the original stem

  • (Sāṃkhya-influenced usage) primordial nature; the source of the material world

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

pākāiti
  1. pākāpāka

    cooking; that which is cooked (of food)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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