Pāli Dictionary

viggaha

viprefixgahrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

gah6grasp

Synonyms

vivāda, kalaha, medhaga, kathojja

Antonyms

aviggaha

general

  • quarrel; dispute; argument

  • MN 128

    alaṃ, bhikkhave, mā bhaṇḍanaṃ mā kalahaṃ mā viggahaṃ mā vivādan'ti

  • MN 18

    es'ev'anto daṇḍ'ādāna-satth'ādāna-kalaha-viggaha-vivāda-tuvaṃtuvaṃ-pesuñña-musāvādānaṃ. etth'ete pāpakā akusalā dhammā aparisesā nirujjhantī'ti.

  • embodied form; body; figure, shape (also: a statue, image)

  • DN 18

    seyyathā'pi, bhante, sovaṇṇo viggaho mānusaṃ viggahaṃ atirocati, evam'eva kho, bhante, yadā brahmā sanaṅkumāro devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ pātubhavati, so aññe deve atirocati vaṇṇena c'eva yasasā ca.

  • (grammar) the resolution of a compound word into its constituent elements; compound analysis

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