Pāli Dictionary

upaṭṭhāka

upaprefixṭhārootakasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ṭhā1නැගී සිටින්න

Synonyms

anuyutta, māmaka, anuggāhaka

monastic

  • සේවකයෙක්; පෞද්ගලික සේවකයා; උපස්ථායකයා

  • an attendant; a personal servitor; an assistant

  • SN 22.81

    kosambiyaṃ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto sāmaṃ sen'āsanaṃ saṃsāmetvā pattacīvaram'ādāya anāmantetvā upaṭṭhāke anapaloketvā bhikkhusaṅghaṃ eko adutiyo cārikaṃ pakkāmi

  • MN 32

    etu kho āyasmā ānando! svāgataṃ āyasmato ānandassa bhagavato upaṭṭhākassa bhagavato santik'āvacarassa!

  • හෙදිය/හෙදා; රෝගී සත්කාරකයා

  • a nurse; a nursing attendant

  • SN 35.87

    sace āyasmato channassa n'atthi patirūpā upaṭṭhākā, ahaṃ āyasmantaṃ channaṃ upaṭṭhahissāmi. mā āyasmā channo satthaṃ āharesi. yāpet'āyasmā channo, yāpentaṃ mayaṃ āyasmantaṃ channaṃ icchāmā'ti.

  • AN 5.162

    so na labheyya sappāyāni bhojanāni, na labheyya sappāyāni bhesajjāni, na labheyya patirūpaṃ upaṭṭhākaṃ, na labheyya gām'antanāyakaṃ.

  • අනුගාමිකයෙක්; භක්තිමතෙක්; උපස්ථම්භකයෙක් (දායකයෙක්)

  • a follower; a devotee; a lay supporter

general

  • සේවය කිරීම; සහාය වීම; උපකාර කිරීම (භූමිකාවක් ලෙස)

  • attending on; supporting; assisting (as a quality or role)

  • AN 1.223

    etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ upaṭṭhākānaṃ yadidaṃ ānando.

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