Pāli Dictionary

vacana

vacrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

vac1කියන්න; කතා කරනවා

Synonyms

Antonyms


general

  • වචනය; කීම; ප්‍රකාශය; අණ

  • word; utterance; speech; saying; bidding

  • MN 139

    yañ'ca kho jaññā rahovādaṃ bhūtaṃ tacchaṃ atthasaṃhitaṃ tatra kālaññū assa tassa rahovādassa vacanāya.

  • Thag 19.1

    arūpa dūraṅ'gama ekacāri, na te karissaṃ vacanaṃ idāni'haṃ, dukkhā hi kāmā kaṭukā mahabbhayā, nibbānam'ev'ābhimano carissaṃ.

  • පදය; ප්‍රකාශනය; වාක්‍ය ඛණ්ඩය; කථන ක්‍රමය

  • term; expression; phrase; way of speech

  • SN 20.6

    taṃ kiṃ maññatha, bhikkhave, javano puriso paramena javena samannāgato'ti alaṃ vacanāyā'ti?

  • (ව්‍යාකරණ) වචනය; ඒක වචන හෝ බහු වචන

  • (grammar) grammatical number; singular or plural

vācana

approximate

vacrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

vac1කියන්න; කතා කරනවා


general

  • කියවීම; සජ්ඣායනය

  • recitation; reading (aloud)

vāca

approximate

vacrootāsuffix

via inflected form vācāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

vac1කියන්න; කතා කරනවා

Synonyms


general

  • කථාව; වචන; ප්‍රකාශය; (නාම විශේෂණයක් ලෙස) කථා කරන; කථාවට අදාළ

  • speech; words; statement; talk; (as adj. in compounds) talking; speaking; of speech

  • SN 42.6

    taṃ kiṃ maññasi, gāmaṇi, idh'assa puriso pāṇ'ātipātī adinn'ādāyī kāmesumicchācārī musāvādī pisuṇavāco pharusavāco samphappalāpī abhijjhālu byāpannacitto micchādiṭṭhiko.

  • MN 107

    ye'me, bho gotama, puggalā assaddhā jīvik'atthā na saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitā saṭhā māyāvino ketabino uddhatā unnaḷā capalā mukharā vikiṇṇavācā… na tehi bhavaṃ gotamo saddhiṃ saṃvasati.

  • පද්‍ය පාදය; වාක්‍යය

  • line of verse; sentence

  • SN 42.6

    taṃ kiṃ maññasi, gāmaṇi, idh'assa puriso pāṇ'ātipātī adinn'ādāyī kāmesumicchācārī musāvādī pisuṇavāco pharusavāco samphappalāpī abhijjhālu byāpannacitto micchādiṭṭhiko.

  • MN 107

    ye'me, bho gotama, puggalā assaddhā jīvik'atthā na saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitā saṭhā māyāvino ketabino uddhatā unnaḷā capalā mukharā vikiṇṇavācā… na tehi bhavaṃ gotamo saddhiṃ saṃvasati.

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