Pāli Dictionary

sīmā

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Synonyms

velā, mariyādā

general

  • a limit; boundary; border; dividing line

  • Snp 4.4

    sīmā-atigo brāhmaṇo tassa n'atthi, ñatvā va disvā va samuggahītaṃ, na rāgarāgī na virāgaratto, tass'īdha n'atthī param'uggahītan'ti.

monastic

  • (Vinaya) the formally consecrated boundary marking off the area within which a monastic community’s legal acts (e.g. ordination) are validly performed

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