Pāli Dictionary

vacī1

vacrootīsuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

vac1sagen; sprechen


general

  • verbal; die Rede betreffend (in Komposita wie vacīkamma, ‚verbale Handlung‘)

  • verbal; of speech; relating to speech (used in compounds such as vacī-kamma, ‘verbal action’)

  • AN 7.6

    idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako hirīmā hoti, hirīyati kāyaduccaritena vacīduccaritena manoduccaritena, hirīyati pāpakānaṃ akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ samāpattiyā. idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, hirīdhanaṃ

  • MN 48

    idha bhikkhave bhikkhuno mettaṃ kāyakammaṃ vacīkammaṃ manokammaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ hoti sabrahmacārīsu āvi c'eva raho ca

vacī2

vacrootīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Synonyms


general

  • Rede; Wort; Äußerung

  • speech; word; utterance

  • Snp 4.16

    cudito vacībhi satim'ābhinande, sabrahmacārīsu khilaṃ pabhinde, vācaṃ pamuñce kusalaṃ n'ātivelaṃ, janavādadhammāya na cetayeyya.

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