Pāli Dictionary

sāvajja

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Part of speech

adjective

Root

vad1sagen; sprechen

Synonyms

dhaṃsī

Antonyms

anavajja, avajja

ethics

  • (Adjektiv) tadelnswert; fehlerhaft; vorwerfbar

  • (adjective) blameworthy; faulty; objectionable; at fault

  • MN 20

    tena, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā tesaṃ vitakkānaṃ ādīnavo upaparikkhitabbo, iti'p'ime vitakkā akusalā, iti'p'ime vitakkā sāvajjā, iti'p'ime vitakkā dukkhavipākā'ti.

  • Snp 4.13

    sīlabbataṃ vā'pi pahāya sabbaṃ, kammañ'ca sāvajj'anavajjam'etaṃ, suddhiṃ asuddhin'ti apatthayāno, virato care santim'anuggahāya.

  • (Neutrum) Vergehen; Sünde; das Tadelnswerte

  • (neuter) fault; sin; what is blameworthy or censurable

  • Thag 15.2

    bhuñjati anavajjāni, sāvajjāni na bhuñjati, ghāsam'acchādanaṃ laddhā, sannidhiṃ parivajjayaṃ.

  • AN 3.40

    so attānaṃ'y'eva adhipatiṃ karitvā akusalaṃ pajahati, kusalaṃ bhāveti, sāvajjaṃ pajahati, anavajjaṃ bhāveti, suddhaṃ attānaṃ pariharati. idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, att'ādhipateyyaṃ.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

savaajja
  1. savasavati

    (von einem Fluss usw.) fließt, strömt

  2. ajja

    heute; jetzt; nun

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