Pāli Dictionary

pakkha1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

kāya, nikāya, vagga, gaṇa, gāma, patta, khandha, bhāga,

general

  • partisan; associé à

  • associated with; adherent; siding with

  • MN 117

    iti kho, bhikkhave, vīsati kusalapakkhā, vīsati akusalapakkhā, mahācattārīsako dhammapariyāyo pavattito appaṭivattiyo samaṇena vā brāhmaṇena vā devena vā mārena vā brahmunā vā kenaci vā lokasmiṃ.

  • Snp 4.16

    theyyaṃ na kāre na musā bhaṇeyya, mettāya phasse tasathāvarāni, yadāvilattaṃ manaso vijaññā, kaṇhassa pakkho'ti vinodayeyya.

  • flanc du corps; aile

  • the side or flank of the body; a wing

  • AN 3.13

    so ca hoti dubbaṇṇo duddasiko okoṭimako bavh'ābādho kāṇo vā kuṇī vā khañjo vā pakkhahato vā, na lābhī annassa pānassa vatthassa yānassa mālāgandhavilepanassa seyyāvasathapadīpeyyassa.

  • AN 4.198

    so sāṇāni'pi dhāreti masāṇāni'pi dhāreti chavadussāni'pi dhāreti paṃsukūlāni'pi dhāreti tirīṭāni'pi dhāreti ajinam'pi dhāreti ajinakkhipam'pi dhāreti kusacīram'pi dhāreti vākacīram'pi dhāreti phalakacīram'pi dhāreti kesakambalam'pi dhāreti vāḷakambalam'pi dhāreti ulūkapakkham'pi dhāreti

  • parti; groupe; catégorie

  • a party; faction; group; class; category

  • SN 48.18

    yassa kho, bhikkhave, imāni pañc'indriyāni sabbena sabbaṃ sabbathā sabbaṃ n'atthi, tam'ahaṃ bāhiro puthujjanapakkhe ṭhito'ti vadāmī'ti.

cosmology

  • quinzaine (demi-mois lunaire)

  • a fortnight; half of the lunar month

  • MN 4

    yaṃnūn'āhaṃ yā tā rattiyo abhiññātā abhilakkhitā, cātuddasī pañcadasī aṭṭhamī ca pakkhassa, tathārūpāsu rattīsu yāni tāni ārāmacetiyāni vanacetiyāni rukkhacetiyāni bhiṃsanakāni salomahaṃsāni tathārūpesu sen'āsanesu vihareyyaṃ app'eva nām'āhaṃ bhayabheravaṃ passeyyan'ti.

pakkha2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

khā1dire; annoncer

general

  • infirme; boiteux

  • a cripple; a lame person

  • AN 3.13

    so ca hoti dubbaṇṇo duddasiko okoṭimako bavh'ābādho kāṇo vā kuṇī vā khañjo vā pakkhahato vā, na lābhī annassa pānassa vatthassa yānassa mālāgandhavilepanassa seyyāvasathapadīpeyyassa.

Encyclopedia

Pakkha
Person

  • Un Sakya de Devadaha, estropié dans son enfance par des rhumatismes et surnommé depuis « l’estropié », qui atteignit l’état d’arahant après avoir médité sur le désir mondain en regardant des milans se battre pour un morceau de chair.

  • A Sakyan of Devadaha, crippled in boyhood by rheumatism and thereafter nicknamed ‘the cripple,’ who attained Arahantship after reflecting on worldly desire while watching kites fight over a scrap of flesh.

Thag 1.63

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