Pāli Dictionary

parāmasati1

parāprefixmasastemtisuffix

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

parimajjati, anumajjati

general

  • touches; strokes; rubs; caresses

  • AN 5.23

    ime'pi candimasuriye evaṃmah'iddhike evaṃmah'ānubhāve pāṇinā parāmaseyyaṃ parimajjeyyaṃ, yāva brahmalokā'pi kāyena vasaṃ vatteyyan'ti, tatra tatr'eva sakkhibhabbataṃ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane.

  • seizes; clutches; clings tightly; becomes attached

  • DN 1

    tato ca uttaritaraṃ pajānāti, tañ'ca pajānanaṃ na parāmasati, aparāmasato c'assa paccattaññ'eva nibbuti viditā.

  • misapprehends; misconstrues; understands incorrectly

  • refers to; specifies

parāmasati2

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

hiṃsati, vināseti, vadhati, vikkhipati

general

  • kills; destroys; ruins

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

parāmāsaiti
  1. parāmāsa

    wrongful clinging; misapprehension; attachment (esp. to rites and rituals, sīlabbata-parāmāsa)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

parāmāsāiti
  1. parāmāsā

    with clinging; through adhering, clutching (attachment)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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