Pāli Dictionary

vaḍḍheti

vaḍḍhrootesuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

vaḍḍh1grow; increase

Synonyms

vaḍḍhati, pabbati, pavaḍḍhati, āpādeti, udeti, virūhati, posati

general

  • increases, develops, causes to grow; cultivates

  • Snp 2.6

    so ce mukharajātiko, vihes'ābhirato mago, jīvitaṃ tassa pāpiyo, rajaṃ vaḍḍheti attano.

  • SN 12.66

    te taṇhaṃ vaḍḍhenti. ye taṇhaṃ vaḍḍhenti te upadhiṃ vaḍḍhenti.

  • rears; raises; brings up (a child)

  • DN 23

    disvān'assa etadahosi, na kho me taṃ patirūpaṃ yaṃ me pekkhamānassa manussabhūto kālaṅ'kareyya, yaṃnūn'āhaṃ imaṃ dārakaṃ assamaṃ netvā āpādeyyaṃ poseyyaṃ vaḍḍheyyan'ti.

  • gets (food) ready, serves; sets in motion

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

vaddheiti
  1. vaddhevaddha

    grown up; old; venerable, respected (as an elder)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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