Pāli Dictionary

peta

paprefixiroottasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

i1जाना; आना

Literal

gone forward

Synonyms

kālaṅkata, kālakata, mata, vīta

cosmology

  • प्रेत; पितर; मृतात्मा

  • a peta; a departed spirit; a hungry ghost (a being of the peta realm)

  • SN 2.25

    saṅghassa añjaliṃ katvā, idh'ekacce vadām'ahaṃ, apaviddhā anāthā te, yathā petā tath'eva te.

  • Kp 7

    yathā vārivahā pūrā paripūrenti sāgaraṃ, evam'eva ito dinnaṃ petānaṃ upakappati.

general

  • (भूत कृदंत) दिवंगत; मृत

  • (as past participle) departed; deceased; dead

  • AN 10.71

    ye me petā ñātī sālohitā kālaṅ'katā pasannacittā anussaranti tesaṃ taṃ mahapphalaṃ assa mah'ānisaṃsan'ti

  • Snp 4.6

    supinena yathā'pi saṅgataṃ, paṭibuddho puriso na passati, evam'pi piyāyitaṃ janaṃ, petaṃ kālakataṃ na passati.

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