Pāli Dictionary

uccaya

udprefixcirootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ci5රැස් කරන්න; රැස් කරනවා

Synonyms

khandha, samussaya, puñja, sannicaya, caya, rāsi, upacaya, khala

general

  • ගොඩ; සමුච්චය

  • a heap; pile; accumulation

  • Dhp 117

    pāpañ'ce puriso kayirā, na naṃ kayirā punappunaṃ, na tamhi chandaṃ kayirātha, dukkho pāpassa uccayo.

ucca

approximate

udprefixyasuffix

via inflected form uccāya · instrumental singular / dative singular / ablative singular / genitive singular / locative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

ariya, mahanta, mahā, pavara

Antonyms

avaca, nīca

general

  • උස්; උසස් (ශාරීරිකව)

  • high; tall; elevated

  • DN 9

    tam'enaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ, ambho purisa, yassa tvaṃ pāsādassa ārohaṇāya nisseṇiṃ karosi, jānāsi taṃ pāsādaṃ puratthimāya vā disāya dakkhiṇāya vā disāya pacchimāya vā disāya uttarāya vā disāya ucco vā nīco vā majjhimo vā'ti?

  • උතුම්; ගෞරවනීය; උසස් (සමාජීයව)

  • noble; distinguished; eminent; of high social standing

  • SN 3.17

    āyuṃ arogiyaṃ vaṇṇaṃ, saggaṃ uccākulīnataṃ, ratiyo patthayantena, uḷārā apar'āparā.

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