Pāli Dictionary

samaṇa

samrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

sam3be calm

Synonyms

brāhmaṇa, pabbajita, paradattūpajīvī, yati

Antonyms

assamaṇa, asamaṇa

monastic

  • ascetic; renunciant; monk; recluse; holy man

  • MN 40

    āsavānaṃ khayā samaṇo hoti.

  • AN 3.65

    etha tumhe, kālāmā, mā anussavena, mā param'parāya, mā itikirāya, mā piṭakasampadānena, mā takkahetu, mā nayahetu, mā ākāraparivitakkena, mā diṭṭhinijjhānakkhantiyā, mā bhabbarūpatāya, mā samaṇo no garū'ti.

doctrine

  • the Great Ascetic; epithet of the Buddha

  • MN 105

    ṭhānaṃ kho pan'etaṃ, sunakkhatta, vijjati yaṃ idh'ekaccassa bhikkhuno evam'assa, taṇhā kho sallaṃ samaṇena vuttaṃ, avijjāvisadoso, chandarāgabyāpādena ruppati.

  • Snp 3.11

    ucc'āvacā hi paṭipadā, samaṇena pakāsitā, na pāraṃ diguṇaṃ yanti, na'y'idaṃ ekaguṇaṃ mutaṃ.

samāna1

approximate

saprefixmārootanasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

samagga, sama, sadisa, sādisa, sarikkha, tulya, nibbisesa

Antonyms

asamāna

general

  • equal; same; similar; like; even; harmonious

  • Snp 3.11

    samānabhāgaṃ kubbetha, gāme akkuṭṭhavanditaṃ, manopadosaṃ rakkheyya, santo anuṇṇato care.

cosmology

  • (as noun) a class of deities (the Samānās)

  • DN 20

    samānā mahāsamanā, mānusā mānus'uttamā, khiḍḍāpadosikā āguṃ, āguṃ manopadosikā.

samāna2

approximate

saprefixmānasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

sam3be calm

Synonyms

santa

general

  • being; existing; having; present

  • AN 8.30

    idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu app'iccho samāno, app'iccho'ti maṃ jāneyyun'ti na icchati

  • MN 40

    samaṇā samaṇā'ti vo, bhikkhave, jano sañjānāti. tumhe ca pana, ke tumhe'ti puṭṭhā samānā, samaṇ'āmhā'ti paṭijānātha.

sāma1

approximate

via inflected form sāmāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

sam3be calm

general

  • peace; tranquillity; appeasement

sama1

approximate

samrootasuffix

via inflected form samāna · genitive 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 sāmāna · dative plural / genitive 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 samāna · dative plural / genitive 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

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 3

samana
  1. sa

    own; one’s own; self; personal (reflexive pronoun or adjective, equivalent to Sanskrit sva or Pali saka)

  2. mana

    mind; consciousness; the intellectual faculty; the sixth sense base (manāyatana).

samāṇā
  1. sa

    own; one’s own; self; personal (reflexive pronoun or adjective, equivalent to Sanskrit sva or Pali saka)

  2. māṇāmāṇa

    measure, measurement

samaiṇā
  1. sama

    calmness; tranquillity; serenity; mental quiet

  2. iṇāiṇa

    debt; loan

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