Pāli Dictionary

sikkhā

sikkhrootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

sikkh1learn; train

Synonyms

vijjā, sikkhatā

doctrine

  • training; practice; study; the threefold training (in virtue, mind, and wisdom)

  • AN 4.122

    so kupito anattamano sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāy'āvattati. ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ūmibhayassa bhīto sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāy'āvatto.

  • Snp 4.16

    kaṃ so sikkhaṃ samādāya, ekodi nipako sato, kammāro rajatass'eva, niddhame malam'attano.

monastic

  • precept; training rule; discipline; code of conduct

general

  • phonetics; phonology (as one of the six Vedāṅgas)

sikkhanta

sikkharootntasuffix

via inflected form sikkhā · vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

sikkh1learn; train

general

  • learning; training oneself; practicing

  • MN 92

    svākkhātaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, sandiṭṭhikam'akālikaṃ, yattha amoghā pabbajjā, appamattassa sikkhato'ti.

sikkhati1

approximate

sikkhastemtisuffix

via inflected form sikkha · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

anusikkhati

ethics

  • learns; trains oneself; practices

  • AN 5.114

    etha tumhe, āvuso, sīlavā hotha, pātimokkhasaṃvarasaṃvutā viharatha ācāragocarasampannā aṇumattesu vajjesu bhayadassāvino, samādāya sikkhatha sikkhāpadesū'ti

  • MN 140

    paññaṃ nappamajjeyya, saccam'anurakkheyya, cāgam'anubrūheyya, santim'eva so sikkheyyā'ti, ayam'uddeso dhātuvibhaṅgassa.

sikkhati2

approximate

sikkhastemtisuffix

via inflected form sikkha · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

general

  • presents; bestows upon

  • DN 19

    atha kho, bho, te cha khattiyā ekam'antaṃ apakkamma evaṃ samacintesuṃ, ime kho brāhmaṇā nāma itthiluddhā, yaṃnūna mayaṃ mahāgovindaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ itthīhi sikkheyyāmā'ti.

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