Pāli Dictionary

vaṇṇī1

vaṇṇastemīsuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

var1आवरण; पोशाक; रोकना

general

  • ...जैसा दिखने वाला; ...रंग का (समास में)

  • 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

  • जाति से सम्बंधित; सामाजिक वर्गों के विषय में

  • 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

var1आवरण; पोशाक; रोकना

Synonyms

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

general

  • रंग; वर्ण

  • 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.

  • रूप; रंगत; आकृति; सौंदर्य; भेष

  • 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.

  • वर्ण; जाति; सामाजिक वर्ग

  • 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

  • प्रकार; किस्म; आकार; माप

  • sort; kind; type; size; measure

  • कारण; हेतु

  • reason; cause

  • SN 9.14

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

  • अक्षर; वर्ण; ध्वनि

  • letter; phoneme; syllable; phonetically distinct sound

  • (विशेषण) किसी विशेष रंग या रूप वाला

  • (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

  • श्रीलंका की उत्तर-पूर्वी सीमा पर बसा एक समुदाय, जिसका पहला उल्लेख राजा विजयबाहु तृतीय को सिंहासन प्राप्त कराने में सहायता के रूप में मिलता है, जो सिंहली और जाफना राज्यों के बीच एक युद्धप्रिय, अर्ध-स्वतंत्र समूह के रूप में रहता था।

  • 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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