Pāli Dictionary

vaṇṇī1

vaṇṇastemīsuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

var1bedecken; kleiden; zügeln

general

  • von der Erscheinung wie ...; ...-farbig (in Komposita)

  • having the appearance of; -coloured (used in compounds)

  • Snp 3.7

    kalyāṇadassano bhikkhu, kañcanasannibhattaco, kiṃ te samaṇabhāvena, evaṃ uttamavaṇṇino.

  • MN 95

    bhavañ'hi caṅkī abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgato brahmavaṇṇī brahmavacchasī akhudd'āvakāso dassanāya

vaṇṇī2

vaṇṇastemīsuffix

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • die Kasten betreffend; die gesellschaftlichen Stände betreffend

  • related to castes; concerning social classes

  • MN 90

    cātuvaṇṇisuddhiṃ mayaṃ, bhante, bhagavantaṃ apucchimhā, cātuvaṇṇisuddhiṃ bhagavā byākāsi, tañ'ca pan'amhākaṃ ruccati c'eva khamati ca, tena c'amhā attamanā.

vaṇṇa

varrootnasuffix

via inflected form vaṇṇī · nominative singular · plural / accusative plural / vocative singular · plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

var1bedecken; kleiden; zügeln

Synonyms

hetu, nidāna, paccaya, ārammaṇa, kāra, kāraṇa, vesa

general

  • Farbe; Farbton

  • colour; hue

  • DN 22

    puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu seyyathā'pi passeyya sarīraṃ sivathikāya chaḍḍitaṃ aṭṭhikāni setāni saṅkhavaṇṇapaṭibhāgāni

  • DN 2

    kusāvatiyā, ānanda, rājadhāniyā catunnaṃ vaṇṇānaṃ dvārāni ahesuṃ. ekaṃ dvāraṃ sovaṇṇamayaṃ, ekaṃ rūpiyamayaṃ, ekaṃ veḷuriyamayaṃ, ekaṃ phalikamayaṃ.

  • Aussehen; Teint; Gestalt; Schönheit; Erscheinung

  • appearance; complexion; form; beauty; guise

  • Thag 16.1

    tassa te n'atthi bhītattaṃ, bhiyyo vaṇṇo pasīdati, kasmā na paridevesi, evarūpe mahabbhaye.

  • DN 18

    atha, bhante, brahmā sanaṅkumāro oḷārikaṃ attabhāvaṃ abhinimminitvā kumāravaṇṇo hutvā pañcasikho devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ pāturahosi.

  • Kaste; soziale Klasse; Rasse

  • caste; social class; race

  • Ud 5.5

    evam'eva kho, bhikkhave, cattāro vaṇṇā, khattiyā, brāhmaṇā, vessā, suddā te tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitvā jahanti purimāni nāmagottāni, samaṇā sakyaputtiyā tv'eva saṅkhaṃ gacchanti

  • Art; Sorte; Typ; Größe; Maß

  • sort; kind; type; size; measure

  • Grund; Ursache

  • reason; cause

  • SN 9.14

    na harāmi na bhañjāmi, ārā siṅghāmi vārijaṃ, atha kena nu vaṇṇena, gandhattheno'ti vuccati.

  • Buchstabe; Phonem; Silbe

  • letter; phoneme; syllable; phonetically distinct sound

  • (als Adjektiv) eine bestimmte Farbe oder ein bestimmtes Aussehen habend

  • (as adjective) having a certain colour or appearance

  • MN 50

    majjhe sarassa tiṭṭhanti, vimānā kappaṭṭhāyino, veḷuriyavaṇṇā rucirā, accimanto pabhassarā, accharā tattha naccanti, puthu nānattavaṇṇiyo.

Encyclopedia

Vannī
Otherapproximate

  • Ein Volk an der nordöstlichen Grenze Sri Lankas, erstmals erwähnt als Helfer bei der Thronbesteigung von König Vijayabāhu III., das als kriegerische, halbunabhängige Gruppe zwischen dem singhalesischen und dem Jaffna-Königreich existierte.

  • A people inhabiting the north-eastern frontier of Sri Lanka, first recorded helping King Vijayabāhu III to the throne, who lived as a warlike, semi-independent group between the Sinhalese and Jaffna kingdoms.

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