Pāli Dictionary

sakka1

sakkastem

Part of speech

noun

general

  • Sakka, the king of the devas (ruler of Tāvatiṃsa; the Buddhist Indra)

  • SN 11.23

    addasā kho, bhikkhave, vepacitti asur'indo sakkaṃ devānam'indaṃ dūrato'va āgacchantaṃ. disvāna sakkaṃ devānam'indaṃ etadavoca, tikiccha maṃ devānam'indā'ti

  • Thag 20.1

    yo vejayantapāsāde, sakkaṃ so paripucchati, api āvuso jānāsi, taṇhakkhayavimuttiyo, tassa sakko viyākāsi, pañhaṃ puṭṭho yathātathaṃ.

  • a Sakyan; a man of the Sākya (Sākiya) clan

  • Snp 5.16

    dv'āhaṃ sakkaṃ apucchissaṃ, na me byākāsi cakkhumā, yāvatatiyañ'ca dev'īsi, byākarotī'ti me sutaṃ.

  • Snp 5.7

    eko ahaṃ sakka mahantam'oghaṃ, anissito no visahāmi tārituṃ, ārammaṇaṃ brūhi samantacakkhu, yaṃ nissito ogham'imaṃ tareyyaṃ.

sakka2

sakroot

Part of speech

adjective

Root

sak4be able; be powerful

Synonyms

pahoti, sakkoti

Antonyms

asakka

general

  • able; possible; capable

  • Kp 9

    karaṇīyam'atthakusalena, yantaṃ santaṃ padaṃ abhisamecca, sakko ujū ca sūjū ca, suvaco c'assa mudu anatimānī.

  • MN 56

    isisattamassa akuhassa, tevijjassa brahmapattassa, nhātakassa padakassa, passaddhassa viditavedassa, purin'dadassa sakkassa, bhagavato tassa sāvako'ham'asmi.

sakkā

approximate

sakrootyāsuffix

Part of speech

indeclinable

Root

sak4be able; be powerful

general

  • it is possible; one is able (to)

sakkoti

sakrootosuffix

via inflected form sakka · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

sak4be able; be powerful

Synonyms

sakka, pahoti, visahati, sakkuṇāti, samattha

general

  • is able (to); can; is capable (of doing)

  • MN 49

    atha kho, bhikkhave, bako brahmā antaradhāyissāmi samaṇassa gotamassa, antaradhāyissāmi samaṇassa gotamassā'ti n'eva'ssu me sakkoti antaradhāyituṃ

  • AN 9.35

    so na sakkoti vitakkavicārānaṃ vūpasamā… dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharituṃ.

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Sakka
Person

  • The king of the devas ruling over Tāvatiṃsa heaven, also known as Maghavā, Purindada, Vāsava, Sahassakkha, and Sujampati, and addressed by brahmins as Kosiya.

DN 16DN 20DN 21·Attains stream-entrySN 6.15SN 11.3SN 11.4SN 11.5SN 35.248AN 8.8Thag 21Thig 13.5Ud 3.7SN 40.10
Sakka2
Person

  • A yakkha discussed in a discourse of the same name.

Sakka3
Other

  • An alternative form of the name Sākyā, the clan of the Buddha.

Sakyā
Personmatched via “Sakka”

  • The clan of northern India to which the Buddha belonged by birth, centred on the capital Kapilavatthu, known for its pride until the Buddha subdued it with a display of supernatural power on his first visit home after his Enlightenment.

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