Pāli Dictionary

pavaḍḍhati

paprefixvaḍḍhrootasuffix

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

vaḍḍheti, vaḍḍhati, pabbati, rūhati, udeti, virūhati, brūheti

general

  • වැඩෙයි; වැඩි වෙයි; දියුණු වෙයි; සරු වෙයි

  • grows; increases; develops; flourishes

  • Dhp 282

    yogā ve jāyatī bhūri, ayogā bhūrisaṅkhayo, etaṃ dvedhāpathaṃ ñatvā, bhavāya vibhavāya ca, tath'āttānaṃ niveseyya, yathā bhūri pavaḍḍhati.

  • SN 1.47

    papañ'ca udapānañ'ca, ye dadanti upassayaṃ, tesaṃ divā ca ratto ca, sadā puññaṃ pavaḍḍhati.

  • (රෝගයක්)උග්‍ර වෙයි; වඩාත් බරපතළ වෙයි

  • of an illness, grows worse; becomes more severe

  • AN 8.80

    tassa evaṃ hoti, uppanno kho me ayaṃ appamattako ābādho. ṭhānaṃ kho pan'etaṃ vijjati yaṃ me ābādho pavaḍḍheyya. hand'āhaṃ vīriyaṃ ārabhāmi appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāyā'ti.

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