Pāli Dictionary

ussāha

udprefixsahrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

sah1ජයගන්න; පවතිනවා

Synonyms

vāyāma, ussoḷhī, āyāma, uyyāma

Antonyms

anussāha

general

  • උත්සාහය; වීර්‍යය; නොසැලෙන වෑයම

  • effort; endeavour; perseverance; energetic exertion

  • AN 10.51

    tena, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā tesaṃ'y'eva pāpakānaṃ akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ pahānāya adhimatto chando ca vāyāmo ca ussāho ca ussoḷhī ca appaṭivānī ca sati ca sampajaññañ'ca karaṇīyaṃ.

  • AN 8.74

    seyyathā'pi ādittacelo vā ādittasīso vā, tass'eva celassa vā sīsassa vā nibbāpanāya adhimattaṃ chandañ'ca vāyāmañ'ca ussāhañ'ca ussoḷhiñ'ca appaṭivāniñ'ca satiñ'ca sampajaññañ'ca kareyya.

ussahati

approximate

udprefixsahrootasuffix

via inflected form ussaha · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

sah1ජයගන්න; පවතිනවා

Synonyms

sahati, pahoti, vāyamati, sambhoti, ghaṭati, ghaṭeti, āyūhati

general

  • උත්සාහ කරයි; වෑයම් කරයි

  • makes an effort; strives; actively endeavours (to)

  • SN 42.3

    yo so yodh'ājīvo saṅgāme ussahati vāyamati, tam'enaṃ ussahantaṃ vāyamantaṃ pare hananti pariyāpādenti, so kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā parajitānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjatī'ti.

  • MN 95

    no c'etaṃ chando jāyetha, na'y'idaṃ ussaheyya, no c'ete dhammā nijjhānaṃ khameyyuṃ, na'y'idaṃ chando jāyetha.

  • හැකි වේ; සමත් වේ

  • is able; can; is capable of (doing something)

  • Thag 19.1

    taṇhā avijjā ca piy'āpiyañ'ca, subhāni rūpāni sukhā ca vedanā, manāpiyā kāmaguṇā ca vantā, vante ahaṃ āvamituṃ na ussahe.

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