Pāli Dictionary

sāpa

saproot

via inflected form sāpe · accusative plural / locative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

sap1curse

general

  • a curse

sapati

approximate

śaprootasuffix

via inflected form sape · 1st person·present·reflexive singular / 1st person·imperative·reflexive singular / 3rd person·optative singular / 2nd person·optative singular / 1st person·optative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

sap1curse

general

  • avows; swears an oath; asserts the truth

  • Ud 4.8

    na'y'imehi kataṃ. sapant'ime samaṇā sakyaputtiyā'ti. n'eva so saddo ciraṃ ahosi.

  • curses; swears (at)

  • Ja 304

    imāni maṃ daddara tāpayanti, vācāduruttāni manussaloke, maṇḍūkabhakkhā udak'antasevī, āsīvisaṃ maṃ avisā sapanti.

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