Pāli Dictionary

pavisati

paprefixvisastemtisuffix

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

kamati, anupavisati

Antonyms

paṭikkamati, nikkhamati

general

  • enters; goes into

  • SN 5.5

    esā antaradhāyāmi, kucchiṃ vā pavisāmi te, pakhum'antarikāyam'pi, tiṭṭhantiṃ maṃ na dakkhasi.

  • SN 21.10

    so eko gāmaṃ piṇḍāya pavisati eko paṭikkamati eko raho nisīdati eko caṅkamaṃ adhiṭṭhāti.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

apiāvisati
  1. api

    (prefix) on; onto; towards; close by

  2. āvisati

    enters; approaches; takes possession of (a place)

pavisaiti
  1. pavisapavisati

    enters; goes into

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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