Pāli Dictionary

vidhā

viprefixdhārootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

dhā1ස්ථානය; සහාය

Synonyms

jāti, pada, padesa, bhāga, kaṇḍa, sambhāra, koṭṭhāsa

doctrine

  • මානය; තමා අන් අය හා සසඳන ලද (විශේෂයෙන් මාන තුන: උසස්, සම, පහත්)

  • conceit; discriminatory self-comparison (esp. the three vidhā: thinking oneself better, equal, or worse than others)

  • Snp 4.9

    samo visesī uda vā nihīno, yo maññatī so vivadetha tena, tīsu vidhāsu avikampamāno, samo visesī'ti na tassa hoti.

  • AN 7.49

    dukkhe anattasaññāparicitena, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno cetasā bahulaṃ viharato imasmiñ'ca saviññāṇake kāye bahiddhā ca sabbanimittesu ahaṅ'kāra-mamaṅ'kāra-mān'āpagataṃ mānasaṃ hoti vidhāsamatikkantaṃ santaṃ suvimuttaṃ.

general

  • කොටසක්; අංගයක්

  • a part; portion; component (of something)

  • Thig 14.1

    vaṭṭani'r'iva koṭar'ohitā, majjhe pubbuḷakā sāssukā, pīḷakoḷikā c'ettha jāyati, vividhā cakkhuvidhā ca piṇḍitā.

  • වර්ගය; ආකාරය

  • a type; kind; sort; variety (of something)

  • AN 5.23

    so sace ākaṅkhati, anekavihitaṃ iddhividhaṃ paccanubhaveyyaṃ, eko'pi hutvā bahudhā assaṃ, bahudhā'pi hutvā eko assaṃ, āvibhāvaṃ tirobhāvaṃ

vidha

approximate

viprefixdhārootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

dhā1ස්ථානය; සහාය

Synonyms

pabheda

general

  • වර්ගයේ; ආකාරයේ; -ගුණ (සංයෝගවලදී, උදා: tividha ‘ත්‍රිත්ව’)

  • of the kind, sort, or variety; -fold (used in compounds, e.g. tividha ‘threefold’)

  • Snp 5.15

    vibhūtarūpasaññissa, sabbakāyappahāyino, ajjhattañ'ca bahiddhā ca, n'atthi kiñcī'ti passato, ñāṇaṃ sakk'ānupucchāmi, kathaṃ neyyo tathāvidho.

  • MN 76

    satt'ime kāyā akaṭā akaṭavidhā animmitā animmātā vañjhā kūṭaṭṭhā esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhitā, te na iñjanti na vipariṇamanti na aññam'aññaṃ byābādhenti n'ālaṃ aññam'aññassa sukhāya vā dukkhāya vā sukhadukkhāya vā.

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