Pāli Dictionary

vahati

vahroot

Part of speech

verb

Root

vah1carry; bring

Synonyms

harati, pharati, vāheti

general

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • has power; takes effect; works

  • 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 vahati · locative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vah1carry; bring

Synonyms

balivadda, balībadda, balibadda, goṇa, balibaddha

general

  • 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.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 3

vahāiti
  1. vahāvaha

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

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

vāhaiti
  1. vāha

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

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

vāhāiti
  1. vāhāvāha

    carrying; leading; conveying

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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