Pāli Dictionary

vāyasa

viprefixirootassuffixasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

i1යන්න; එන්න

Synonyms

kāka, kaṅka, dhaṅka

general

  • කපුටා

  • a crow

  • Snp 3.2

    medavaṇṇaṃ'va pāsāṇaṃ, vāyaso anupariyagā, ap'ettha muduṃ vindema, api assādanā siyā.

vaya

approximate

viprefixirootasuffix

via inflected form vayasā · instrumental singular / ablative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

i1යන්න; එන්න

Synonyms

atthaṅgama, apāya, atthagama, vibhava, tirobhāva, paloka, bhaṅga

Antonyms

samudaya, uppāda, udaya, avaya

doctrine

  • විනාශය; ගෙවීයාම; අතුරුදහන් වීම; පිරිහීම; වියදම

  • disintegration; decay; disappearance; dissolution; vanishing; loss; decline; expense

  • Snp 3.12

    etaṃ dukkhan'ti ñatvāna, mosadhammaṃ palokinaṃ, phussa phussa vayaṃ passaṃ, evaṃ tattha vijānati, vedanānaṃ khayā bhikkhu, nicchāto parinibbuto'ti.

  • MN 39

    so aparena samayena tamhā bandhan'āgārā mucceyya sotthinā abbhayena na c'assa kiñci bhogānaṃ vayo

general

  • වයස; ආයුෂ; ජීවිත කාලය; තරුණ බව; මහලු බව

  • age; lifespan; stage of life; period; youth; old age

  • AN 5.54

    idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu daharo hoti yuvā susu kāḷakeso bhadrena yobbanena samannāgato paṭhamena vayasā.

  • Thag 1.118

    abhisatto'va nipatati, vayo rūpaṃ aññam'iva tath'eva santaṃ, tass'eva sato avippavasato, aññass'eva sarāmi attānan'ti.

vāyas

approximate

vārootassuffix

via inflected form vāyasā · instrumental singular / ablative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vā1පිඹින්න

Synonyms

vāya, vāyu

cosmology

  • සුළඟ; වාතය; වායු ධාතුව (සතර මහා ධාතු වලින් එකක්)

  • 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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