Pāli Dictionary

samaṇī

samaṇastemīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

sam3be calm

Synonyms

pabbajitā

monastic

  • a female renunciant, wandering ascetic; a nun (fem. of samaṇa)

  • SN 5.8

    kaṃ nu uddissa muṇḍ'āsi, samaṇī viya dissasi, na ca rocesi pāsaṇḍaṃ, kim'iva carasi momūhāti.

sāma1

approximate

via inflected form sāmāni · nominative plural / accusative plural / vocative plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

sam3be calm

general

  • peace; tranquillity; appeasement

sama1

approximate

samrootasuffix

via inflected form samāni · nominative plural / accusative plural / vocative plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

sam3be calm

Synonyms

sāmañña, samatha

Antonyms

visama, asama

meditation

  • calmness; tranquillity; serenity; mental quiet

sāma2

approximate

via inflected form sāmāni · nominative plural / accusative plural / vocative plural

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • brown; dark brown; black; dark

  • MN 36

    kāḷo samaṇo gotamo'ti. ekacce manussā evam'āhaṃsu, na kāḷo samaṇo gotamo, sāmo samaṇo gotamo'ti. ekacce manussā evam'āhaṃsu, na kāḷo samaṇo gotamo, na'pi sāmo, maṅguracchavi samaṇo gotamo'ti.

  • MN 63

    so evaṃ vadeyya, na tāv'āhaṃ imaṃ sallaṃ āharissāmi yāva na taṃ purisaṃ jānāmi yen'amhi viddho, kāḷo vā sāmo vā maṅguracchavī vā'ti

  • song; sacred song; devotion; worship; the Sāmaveda

  • Sāma (name of a king, a Bodhisatta, a hound, and Devadatta in a past life)

sama2

approximate

via inflected form samāni · nominative plural / accusative plural / vocative plural

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

samāna, kappa, sadisa, sarikkha

Antonyms

visama, asama, visesī

general

  • equal; like; the same; identical (to)

  • Snp 2.1

    yaṃ kiñci vittaṃ idha vā huraṃ vā, saggesu vā yaṃ ratanaṃ paṇītaṃ, na no samaṃ atthi tathāgatena, idam'pi buddhe ratanaṃ paṇītaṃ, etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

  • Snp 4.10

    upekkhako sadā sato, na loke maññate samaṃ, na visesī na nīceyyo, tassa no santi ussadā.

  • even; level; balanced; flat

  • (as noun or adverb) equality; similarity; even ground; altogether; equally; justly

ethics

  • impartial; upright; just; moral; righteous

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