Pāli Dictionary

saṃvaraṇa1

saṃprefixvarrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

ethics

  • සංයමය; පාලනය කිරීම, අවහිර කිරීම

  • restraining; controlling; restriction, obstruction

  • SN 35.94

    saḷ'eva phass'āyatanāni bhikkhavo, asaṃvuto yattha dukkhaṃ nigacchati, tesañ'ca ye saṃvaraṇaṃ avedisuṃ, saddhādutiyā viharant'ānavassutā.

saṃvaraṇa2

saṃprefixvarrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Antonyms

vivaraṇa

general

  • විවාහ ගිවිසුම; මනාලයෙකු ලෙස පොරොන්දු වීම

  • engaging; getting engaged (to be married); marrying

  • DN 1

    te evarūpāya tiracchānavijjāya micchājīvena jīvitaṃ kappenti, seyyath'idaṃ, āvāhanaṃ vivāhanaṃ saṃvaraṇaṃ vivaraṇaṃ saṃkiraṇaṃ vikiraṇaṃ subhagakaraṇaṃ dubbhagakaraṇaṃ viruddhagabbhakaraṇaṃ jivhānibandhanaṃ

saṃvara

approximate

saṃprefixvarrootasuffix

via inflected form saṃvarāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

var1ආවරණය; ඇඳුම; සීමා කරන්න

Synonyms

yāma, niggaha

Antonyms

asaṃvara

ethics

  • සංවරණය; ආවරණය; හික්මීම; පාලනය

  • restraint; self-control; moral discipline; guarding (e.g., of the senses or the monastic code)

  • Dhp 185

    anūpavādo anūpaghāto, pātimokkhe ca saṃvaro, mattaññutā ca bhattasmiṃ, pantañ'ca sayan'āsanaṃ, adhicitte ca āyogo, etaṃ buddhāna sāsanaṃ.

  • MN 107

    ehi tvaṃ, bhikkhu, sīlavā hohi, pātimokkhasaṃvarasaṃvuto viharāhi ācāragocarasampanno aṇumattesu vajjesu bhayadassāvī, samādāya sikkhassu sikkhāpadesū'ti

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