Pāli Dictionary

vicinati

viprefixcirootnasuffixtisuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

ci5gather; accumulate

Synonyms

tīreti, vīmaṃsati, upaparikkhati, upavicarati, samannesati, pavicinati, vicāreti, parikkhati

doctrine

  • investigates; examines; discriminates; tests (often of a teaching or phenomenon)

general

  • looks for; seeks; chooses; picks out

vicināti

approximate

viprefixcirootnāsuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

ci5gather; accumulate

Synonyms

passati, santiṭṭhati, tīreti, vīmaṃsati, upaparikkhati, upavicarati, samannesati, pavicinati,

general

  • selects; chooses; picks

  • collects; gathers; accumulates

  • wins or loses (at dice)

  • AN 4.3

    yo nindiyaṃ pasaṃsati, taṃ vā nindati yo pasaṃsiyo vicināti mukhena so kaliṃ, kalinā tena sukhaṃ na vindati.

mind

  • examines; inspects; investigates; considers, discriminates

  • SN 1.48

    tasmā hi paṇḍito poso, sampassaṃ attham'attano, yoniso vicine dhammaṃ, evaṃ tattha visujjhati.

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