Pāli Dictionary

sutavant

suroottasuffixvantsuffix

via inflected form sutavā · nominative singular · plural / vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

su1flow

Synonyms

viyatta

Antonyms

assutavant

doctrine

  • learned; erudite; well-informed; (especially) one who has heard and understood the teaching

  • SN 22.79

    tatra, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako iti paṭisañcikkhati, ahaṃ kho eta'r'ahi rūpena khajjāmi. atītam'p'āhaṃ addhānaṃ evam'eva rūpena khajjiṃ, seyyathā'pi eta'r'ahi paccuppannena rūpena khajjāmi

  • SN 22.1

    idha, gahapati, sutavā ariyasāvako ariyānaṃ dassāvī ariyadhammassa kovido ariyadhamme suvinīto sappurisānaṃ dassāvī sappurisadhammassa kovido sappurisadhamme suvinīto na rūpaṃ attato samanupassati

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 3

sutāeva
  1. sutā

    daughter

  2. eva

    only; just; merely; exclusively (restrictive emphatic particle)

sutaiva
  1. suta

    heard; listened to (past participle of suṇāti)

  2. iva

    like; as; as if, as it were

sutāiva
  1. sutā

    daughter

  2. iva

    like; as; as if, as it were

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Sutavā
Person

  • A king who reigned thirty-three world-cycles ago, a previous birth of the Thera Dhammasaññaka.

Sutavā2
Person

  • A Pacceka Buddha named in a list.

MN 116
Sutavā3
Person

  • A wanderer who visited the Buddha on Vulture’s Peak and questioned him about the description of an Arahant.

AN 9.7

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