Pāli Dictionary

vaha

vahrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

vah1රැගෙන යන්න; ගේනවා

Synonyms

hārika, adhivāhana

general

  • ගෙන එන; රැගෙන යන; ජල ධාරාව

  • carrying; bringing; leading; (as a stream) a current

  • Kp 7

    yathā vārivahā pūrā paripūrenti sāgaraṃ, evam'eva ito dinnaṃ petānaṃ upakappati.

vāha1

approximate

vahrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

sārathi

general

  • නායකයා; ධාවකයා (කණ්ඩායම් නායකයෙකු වැනි)

  • a leader; a driver (e.g. sattha-vāha ‘caravan leader’)

  • MN 85

    sok'āvatiṇṇaṃ janatam'apetasoko, avekkhassu jātijarābhibhūtaṃ, uṭṭhehi vīra vijitasaṅgāma, satthavāha aṇaṇa vicara loke, desassu bhagavā dhammaṃ, aññātāro bhavissantī'ti.

  • කරත්තය; වාහනය

  • a cart; a vehicle

  • කරත්තයක බර (ද්‍රෝණ 380ක් පමණ ධාරිතාවක්)

  • a cart-load; wagon-load (a measure of volume, about 380 droṇas)

  • MN 81

    atha kho, ānanda, kikī kāsirājā ghaṭikārassa kumbhakārassa pañcamattāni taṇḍulavāhasatāni pāhesi paṇḍupuṭakassa sālino tadupiyañ'ca sūpeyyaṃ.

  • බර උසුලන සතා

  • a beast of burden

  • ජල ධාරාව

  • a torrent (of water)

vāha2

approximate

vahrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

vah1රැගෙන යන්න; ගේනවා

general

  • රැගෙන යන; මුලික වන

  • carrying; leading; conveying

  • Dhp 339

    yassa chattiṃsati sotā, manāpasavanā bhusā, vāhā vahanti duddiṭṭhiṃ, saṅkappā rāganissitā.

  • MN 26

    uṭṭhehi vīra vijitasaṅgāma, satthavāha aṇaṇa vicara loke, desassu bhagavā dhammaṃ, aññātāro bhavissantī'ti.

vahati

vahroot

via inflected form vaha · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

vah1රැගෙන යන්න; ගේනවා

Synonyms

harati, pharati, vāheti

general

  • රැගෙන යයි; ප්‍රවාහනය කරයි

  • carries; carries away; transports

  • Dhp 339

    yassa chattiṃsati sotā, manāpasavanā bhusā, vāhā vahanti duddiṭṭhiṃ, saṅkappā rāganissitā.

  • AN 8.13

    vāhī kho pana hoti. kām'aññe assā vahantu vā mā vā, aham'ettha vahissāmī'ti cittaṃ uppādeti.

  • වගකීම ගනියි; කනස්සල්ලට පත් වෙයි

  • takes responsibility (for); worries about; bears (a burden)

  • AN 2.99

    dve'me, bhikkhave, bālā. katame dve? yo ca anāgataṃ bhāraṃ vahati, yo ca āgataṃ bhāraṃ na vahati. ime kho, bhikkhave, dve bālā'ti.

  • බලය පවතී; ක්‍රියාත්මක වෙයි

  • has power; takes effect; works

  • දිගටම කරගෙන ‍යයි

  • continues; carries on (with); goes on (by)

  • MN 65

    tatra, bhaddāli, bhikkhūnaṃ evaṃ hoti, ayaṃ kho, āvuso, bhikkhu saddhāmattakena vahati pemamattakena. sace mayaṃ imaṃ bhikkhuṃ pasayha pasayha kāraṇaṃ karissāma, mā yam'pi'ssa taṃ saddhāmattakaṃ pemamattakaṃ tamhā'pi parihāyī'ti.

vahant

vahrootantsuffix

via inflected form vaha · nominative singular · plural / vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vah1රැගෙන යන්න; ගේනවා

Synonyms

balivadda, balībadda, balibadda, goṇa, balibaddha

general

  • ගොනා; බර ඉසිලීමේ ගවයා

  • ox; bull (a draft animal, lit. ‘carrier’)

  • Dhp 1

    manopubbaṅ'gamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā, manasā ce paduṭṭhena, bhāsati vā karoti vā, tato naṃ dukkham'anveti, cakkaṃ'va vahato padaṃ.

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