Pāli Dictionary

saṇha

Part of speech

adjective · masculine

Synonyms

mudu, sorata, nela, sūrata

Antonyms

pharusa

general

  • သိမ်မွေ့သော; ချောမွေ့သော

  • smooth; soft; fine; delicate (of texture, cloth, etc.)

  • Thig 13.1

    saṇhatuṅgasadisī ca nāsikā, sobhate su abhiyobbanaṃ pati, sā jarāya upakūlitā viya, saccavādivacanaṃ anaññathā.

  • (စကား၊ အမူအရာ) နူးညံ့သော; ယဉ်ကျေးသော

  • (of speech or person) gentle; mild; polite; well-mannered

  • AN 5.198

    kālena ca bhāsitā hoti, saccā ca bhāsitā hoti, saṇhā ca bhāsitā hoti, atthasaṃhitā ca bhāsitā hoti, mettacittena ca bhāsitā hoti.

  • DN 31

    paṇḍito sīlasampanno, saṇho ca paṭibhānavā, nivātavutti atthaddho, tādiso labhate yasaṃ.

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