Pāli Dictionary

piya

pīrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

pī5love; please

Synonyms

manāpa, kanta, sāta, sundara, sundaratara, nikāma

Antonyms

appiya

general

  • dear; beloved; liked; pleasant; agreeable

  • Snp 4.11

    piyappahūtā kalahā vivādā, paridevasokā sahamaccharā ca, mān'ātimānā sahapesuṇā ca, maccherayuttā kalahā vivādā, vivādajātesu ca pesuṇāni.

  • Snp 4.6

    sabbattha munī anissito, na piyaṃ kubbati no'pi appiyaṃ, tasmiṃ paridevamaccharaṃ, paṇṇe vāri yathā na limpati.

  • (as noun) a beloved person (husband, wife, partner, friend); a dear or pleasant thing

piyā

approximate

pīrootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

pī5love; please

general

  • wife; beloved wife

Encyclopedia

Piyā
Personapproximate

  • The eldest of the third Okkāka’s five daughters who, exiled to the forest after contracting a skin disease, married the similarly afflicted King Rāma of Bārāṇasī and became, through their thirty-two children, the ancestress of the Koliyans.

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