Pāli Dictionary

pavatteti

paprefixvattrootesuffix

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

āharati, pasavati, janeti, pātukaroti, uppādeti, abhijāyati, savati, nipphādeti

general

  • sets in motion; starts rolling; sends forth

  • AN 8.14

    idha, bhikkhave, ekacco assakhaḷuṅko, pehī'ti vutto, viddho samāno codito sārathinā pacchato paṭikkamati, piṭṭhito rathaṃ pavatteti. evarūpo'pi, bhikkhave, idh'ekacco assakhaḷuṅko hoti. ayaṃ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo assadoso.

  • SN 12.21

    dasabalasamannāgato, bhikkhave, tathāgato catūhi ca vesārajjehi samannāgato āsabhaṃ ṭhānaṃ paṭijānāti, parisāsu sīhanādaṃ nadati, brahmacakkaṃ pavatteti

  • generates; produces; gives rise to; causes

  • keeps going; continues; maintains in operation

  • wields; exercises; enforces, especially authority or power

  • AN 5.131

    idha, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī atthaññū ca hoti, dhammaññū ca, mattaññū ca, kālaññū ca, parisaññū ca. imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi aṅgehi samannāgato rājā cakkavattī dhammen'eva cakkaṃ pavatteti, taṃ hoti cakkaṃ appaṭivattiyaṃ kenaci manussabhūtena paccatthikena pāṇinā.

  • behaves; conducts oneself; acts

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