Pāli Dictionary

pavatta1

paprefixvattroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

vatt1be; proceed

Synonyms

jāta, samuppanna, uppatita

Antonyms

appavatta

general

  • happening; going on; occurred, having taken place; begun; come forth, issued out

  • Thig 10.1

    khīṇakulīne kapaṇe, anubhūtaṃ te dukhaṃ aparimāṇaṃ, assū ca te pavattaṃ, bahūni ca jātisahassāni.

  • naturally occurring; raw, unprocessed, wild (of things obtained without effort)

  • AN 4.198

    so sākabhakkho'pi hoti sāmākabhakkho'pi hoti nīvārabhakkho'pi hoti daddulabhakkho'pi hoti haṭabhakkho'pi hoti kaṇabhakkho'pi hoti ācāmabhakkho'pi hoti piññākabhakkho'pi hoti tiṇabhakkho'pi hoti gomayabhakkho'pi hoti, vanamūlaphal'āhāro'pi yāpeti pavattaphalabhojī.

pavatta2

paprefixvattroottasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

vac1say; speak

Antonyms

appavatta

general

  • occurrence; happening; event

doctrine

  • the round of continued existence; the ongoing process of becoming (saṃsāra)

pavattati

paprefixvatrootasuffix

via inflected form pavatta · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

vatt1be; proceed

Synonyms

uppajjati, paññāyati, āgacchati, saṃvattati, vattati, sambhavati, kamati, samudācarati,

Antonyms

nappavattati

general

  • rolls forward; rolls off; moves forward

  • MN 152

    seyyathā'pi, ānanda, īsakaṃpoṇe padumapalāse udakaphusitāni pavattanti

  • happens; exists; takes place; occurs; continues; proceeds

  • DN 15

    ettāvatā adhivacanapatho, ettāvatā niruttipatho, ettāvatā paññattipatho, ettāvatā paññ'āvacaraṃ, ettāvatā vaṭṭaṃ vattati itthattaṃ paññāpanāya yadidaṃ nāmarūpaṃ saha viññāṇena aññam'aññapaccayatā pavattati.

  • MN 35

    kathaṃ pana, bho assaji, samaṇo gotamo sāvake vineti, kathaṃbhāgā ca pana samaṇassa gotamassa sāvakesu anusāsanī bahulā pavattatī'ti?

monastic

  • (of the pātimokkha) is kept in memory; is well rehearsed (for)

  • MN 108

    te mayaṃ tadah'uposathe yāvatikā ekaṃ gāmakhettaṃ upanissāya viharāma te sabbe ekajjhaṃ sannipatāma, sannipatitvā yassa taṃ pavattati taṃ ajjhesāma.

pavattar1

paprefixvacroottarsuffix

via inflected form pavatta · nominative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vac1say; speak

general

  • proclaimer; propagator; one who expounds or hands on (a teaching)

  • Dhp 76

    nidhīnaṃ'va pavattāraṃ, yaṃ passe vajjadassinaṃ, niggayhavādiṃ medhāviṃ, tādisaṃ paṇḍitaṃ bhaje, tādisaṃ bhajamānassa, seyyo hoti na pāpiyo.

  • MN 18

    so h'āvuso, bhagavā jānaṃ jānāti, passaṃ passati, cakkhubhūto ñāṇabhūto dhammabhūto brahmabhūto, vattā pavattā, atthassa ninnetā, amatassa dātā, dhammassāmī tathāgato

pavattar2

paprefixvacroottarsuffix

via inflected form pavatta · nominative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • name of a paccekabuddha (a privately awakened Buddha)

  • MN 116

    satthā pavattā sarabhaṅgo lomahaṃso, ucc'aṅgamāyo asito anāsavo, manomayo mānacchido ca bandhumā, tadādhimutto vimalo ca ketumā.

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