Pāli Dictionary

vāra

varrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

var1bedecken; kleiden; zügeln

Synonyms

okāsa, otāra, caṅgavāra, avakāsa

general

  • Gelegenheit; Anlass; eine Runde

  • occasion; opportunity; chance; a turn

  • Mal; Wiederholung; Fall

  • instance; repetition; a case, occurrence, or time (counting how often)

  • MN 102

    [yathā sassatavāre, tathā vitthāretabbaṃ]

  • Sieb; Filter

  • sieve; filter (from the sense of restraining/holding back)

  • MN 23

    brāhmaṇo evam'āha, ukkhipa dvidhāpathaṃ, abhikkhaṇa, sumedha, satthaṃ ādāyā'ti. abhikkhaṇanto sumedho satthaṃ ādāya addasa caṅgavāraṃ. caṅgavāro, bhadante'ti.

  • Abschnitt; Unterabschnitt (eines Textes)

  • section; sub-section (of a text)

  • Wochentag

  • day of the week

mind

  • (des Geistes) eine Wendung; Wirkweise

  • (of the mind) a turn; way; workings — a particular course the mind takes

vara

approximate

varrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

var1bedecken; kleiden; zügeln

Synonyms

bhadda, seṭṭha, bhadra

Antonyms

avara

general

  • hervorragend, vorzüglich, bester, edel, fürstlich.

  • excellent; best; foremost; noble; princely.

  • SN 1.74

    vijjā uppatataṃ seṭṭhā, avijjā nipatataṃ varā, saṅgho pavajamānānaṃ, buddho pavadataṃ varo'ti.

  • SN 3.8

    tena kho pana samayena rājā pasenadi kosalo mallikāya deviyā saddhiṃ uparipāsādavaragato hoti. atha kho rājā pasenadi kosalo mallikaṃ deviṃ etadavoca, atthi nu kho te, mallike, koc'añño attanā piyataro'ti?

  • (Subst.) Wunsch, Gefallen, Gnade, Segen.

  • (noun) wish; boon; favour; blessing.

  • Thag 7.2

    buddho ce me varaṃ dajjā, so ca labbhetha me varo, gaṇhe'haṃ sabbalokassa, niccaṃ kāyagataṃ satiṃ.

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