Pāli Dictionary

sikkhati1

sikkhastemtisuffix

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

sikkhastemtisuffix

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.

sikkhanta

approximate

sikkharootntasuffix

via inflected form sikkhatī · nominative singular · plural / accusative plural / vocative singular · plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

sikkh1learn; train

general

  • learning; training oneself; practicing

  • MN 92

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

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

sikkhaiti
  1. sikkhasikkhati

    learns; trains oneself; practices

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

sikkhāiti
  1. sikkhā

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

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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