Pāli Dictionary

vāyas

rootassuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

1to blow

Synonyms


cosmology

  • wind; air; the wind element (as one of the four great elements)

  • DN 22

    puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu imam'eva kāyaṃ yathāṭhitaṃ yathāpaṇihitaṃ dhātuso paccavekkhati atthi imasmiṃ kāye pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū'ti

  • MN 62

    yaṃ ajjhattaṃ paccattaṃ vāyo vāyogataṃ upādinnaṃ, seyyath'idaṃ, uddhaṅ'gamā vātā, adhogamā vātā, kucchisayā vātā, koṭṭh'āsayā vātā, aṅgam'aṅg'ānusārino vātā, assāso passāso… ayaṃ vuccati, rāhula, ajjhattikā vāyodhātu.

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