Pāli Dictionary

sati

sarroottisuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

sar1to remember

Literal

remembering

Synonyms

anussati, paṭissati

Antonyms

asati, assati

meditation

  • mindfulness; awareness; presence of mind

  • SN 46.53

    satiñca khvāhaṃ, bhikkhave, sabbatthikaṃ vadāmi

general

  • memory; recollection; remembering

  • SN 48.9

    cirakatampi cirabhāsitampi saritā hoti anussaritā

satī

approximate

asrootntasuffixīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

as1be

general

  • a chaste woman; a faithful and virtuous wife

  • being; existing; present (feminine of santa)

sāti

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Sāti, a monk who held the wrong view that consciousness persists unchanged (subject of the Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta, MN 38)

  • MN 38

    tena kho pana samayena sātissa nāma bhikkhuno kevaṭṭaputtassa evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ hoti, tath'āhaṃ bhagavatā dhammaṃ desitaṃ ājānāmi yathā tadev'idaṃ viññāṇaṃ sandhāvati saṃsarati anaññan'ti.

cosmology

  • the star Arcturus; name of a nakshatra (lunar mansion)

  • MN 38

    tena kho pana samayena sātissa nāma bhikkhuno kevaṭṭaputtassa evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ hoti, tath'āhaṃ bhagavatā dhammaṃ desitaṃ ājānāmi yathā tadev'idaṃ viññāṇaṃ sandhāvati saṃsarati anaññan'ti.

santa1

sarootntasuffix

via inflected form sati · nominative singular · plural / accusative plural / locative singular · plural / vocative singular · plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

as1be

Synonyms

samāna, viññū, paguṇa

Antonyms

asanta

general

  • existing; being; present; true; correct

  • Snp 4.6

    socanti janā mamāyite, na hi santi niccā pariggahā, vinābhāva'santam'ev'idaṃ, iti disvā n'āgāram'āvase.

  • AN 5.76

    so ñātakehi nīyamāno appatvā'va ñātake antarāmagge kālaṃ karoti. evarūpo'pi, bhikkhave, idh'ekacco yodh'ājīvo hoti. ayaṃ, bhikkhave, dutiyo yodh'ājīvo santo saṃvijjamāno lokasmiṃ.

ethics

  • virtuous man; good person; wise person; sage

  • Iti 76

    tasmā pattapuṭass'eva, ñatvā sampākam'attano, asante n'upaseveyya, sante seveyya paṇḍito, asanto nirayaṃ nenti, santo pāpenti suggatin'ti.

  • Snp 4.14

    yaṃ kiñci dhammam'abhijaññā, ajjhattaṃ athavā'pi bahiddhā, na tena thāmaṃ kubbetha, na hi sā nibbuti sataṃ vuttā.

santa2

samroottasuffix

via inflected form sati · nominative singular · plural / accusative plural / locative singular · plural / vocative singular · plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

sam3be calm

Synonyms

kilanta, anāvila, upasanta

Antonyms

asanta

mind

  • still; calm; at peace; tranquil

  • Dhp 96

    santaṃ tassa manaṃ hoti, santā vācā ca kamma ca, samma'd'aññā vimuttassa, upasantassa tādino.

  • MN 152

    etaṃ santaṃ etaṃ paṇītaṃ yadidaṃ upekkhā'ti

general

  • tired; wearied; fatigued; exhausted

  • Dhp 60

    dīghā jāgarato ratti, dīghaṃ santassa yojanaṃ, dīgho bālānaṃ saṃsāro, saddhammaṃ avijānataṃ.

Encyclopedia

Sāti
Personapproximate

  • A fisherman’s son and monk whose mistaken view that consciousness passes on unchanged from life to life prompted the Buddha to teach the Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta to correct him.

MN 38

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