Pāli Dictionary

vāyati1

vāyastemtisuffix

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

Part of speech

verb

general

  • blows, as the wind

  • AN 3.35

    sītā, bhante, hem'antikā ratti, antar'aṭṭhako himapātasamayo, kharā gokaṇṭakahatā bhūmi, tanuko paṇṇasantharo, viraḷāni rukkhassa pattāni, sītāni kāsāyāni vatthāni, sīto ca verambho vāto vāyati.

  • smells; gives off an odour

  • Iti 76

    pūtimacchaṃ kus'aggena, yo naro upanayhati, kusā'pi pūti vāyanti, evaṃ bāl'ūpasevanā.

vāyas

vārootassuffix

via inflected form vāye · accusative plural / locative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vā1to blow

Synonyms

vāya, vāyu

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.

vāya

verootasuffix

via inflected form vāye · accusative plural / locative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vā1to blow

general

  • weaver; weaving

vāyati2

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

Part of speech

verb

general

  • weaves

vaya

approximate

viprefixirootasuffix

via inflected form vaye · accusative plural / locative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

i1go; come

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

samudaya, uppāda, udaya, avaya

doctrine

  • 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

  • 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.

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