Pāli Dictionary

pavattati

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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.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

pavattāiti
  1. pavattāpavatta

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

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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