Pāli Dictionary

vācā

vacrootāsuffix

via inflected form vāce · vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

vac1කියන්න; කතා කරනවා

Synonyms

kathā, vacī

general

  • වචනය; කීම; තෙපුල

  • speech; words; utterance; statement

  • DN 16

    vayadhammā saṅkhārā appamādena sampādethāti. ayaṃ tathāgatassa pacchimā vācā

  • Dhp 51

    yathā'pi ruciraṃ pupphaṃ, vaṇṇavantaṃ agandhakaṃ, evaṃ subhāsitā vācā, aphalā hoti akubbato.

  • ගාථා පාදයක්; වාක්‍යයක්

  • a line of verse; a sentence (as a unit of recitation)

vāca

vacrootāsuffix

via inflected form vāce · accusative plural / locative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

vac1කියන්න; කතා කරනවා

Synonyms

vacasa, vādaka, bhāṇī, ābhāsa

general

  • කථාව; වචන; ප්‍රකාශය; (නාම විශේෂණයක් ලෙස) කථා කරන; කථාවට අදාළ

  • speech; words; statement; talk; (as adj. in compounds) talking; speaking; of speech

  • SN 42.6

    taṃ kiṃ maññasi, gāmaṇi, idh'assa puriso pāṇ'ātipātī adinn'ādāyī kāmesumicchācārī musāvādī pisuṇavāco pharusavāco samphappalāpī abhijjhālu byāpannacitto micchādiṭṭhiko.

  • MN 107

    ye'me, bho gotama, puggalā assaddhā jīvik'atthā na saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitā saṭhā māyāvino ketabino uddhatā unnaḷā capalā mukharā vikiṇṇavācā… na tehi bhavaṃ gotamo saddhiṃ saṃvasati.

  • පද්‍ය පාදය; වාක්‍යය

  • line of verse; sentence

  • SN 42.6

    taṃ kiṃ maññasi, gāmaṇi, idh'assa puriso pāṇ'ātipātī adinn'ādāyī kāmesumicchācārī musāvādī pisuṇavāco pharusavāco samphappalāpī abhijjhālu byāpannacitto micchādiṭṭhiko.

  • MN 107

    ye'me, bho gotama, puggalā assaddhā jīvik'atthā na saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitā saṭhā māyāvino ketabino uddhatā unnaḷā capalā mukharā vikiṇṇavācā… na tehi bhavaṃ gotamo saddhiṃ saṃvasati.

vāceti

vācestemtisuffix

via inflected form vāce · 1st person·imperative·reflexive singular / 3rd person·optative singular / 2nd person·optative singular / 1st person·optative singular

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

deseti, anusāsati, pasāsati

general

  • කියවයි; සජ්ඣායනා කරවයි; උගන්වයි

  • makes speak or recite; teaches; instructs

vacas

approximate

vacrootassuffix

via inflected form vace · accusative plural / locative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vac1කියන්න; කතා කරනවා

Synonyms

vāda, nigghosa

general

  • වචනය; කතාව; ප්‍රකාශය; වාක්‍යය

  • word; speech; utterance; statement

  • Snp 5.14

    kathaṃ satassa carato, viññāṇaṃ uparujjhati, bhagavantaṃ puṭṭhum'āgamma, taṃ suṇoma vaco tava.

  • Snp 5.5

    et'ābhinandāmi vaco mah'esino, sukittitaṃ gotam'anūpadhīkaṃ, addhā hi bhagavā pahāsi dukkhaṃ, tathā hi te vidito esa dhammo.

vacā

approximate

via inflected form vace · vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

vac1කියන්න; කතා කරනවා

general

  • වකේ (සුවඳ මුල් ශාකයක්)

  • orris root; sweet flag (Acorus calamus)

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