Pāli Dictionary

vijjā

vidrootyāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

vidදන්නවා; හැඟීම; දැනෙනවා

Literal

understanding

Synonyms

paññā, sikkhā, māyā, pajānanā

Antonyms

avijjā, andhakāra, tamas

doctrine

  • විජ්ජාව; (අවිද්‍යාවට විරුද්ධ)විශේෂ ඥානය; ත්‍රිවිද්‍යාව

  • knowledge; true knowledge (opposite of avijjā, ignorance); especially the three knowledges attained at awakening

  • AN 8.11

    tatiyā vijjā adhigatā; avijjā vihatā vijjā uppannā; tamo vihato āloko uppanno

  • Snp 2.10

    pamādo rajo pamādo, pamād'ānupatito rajo, appamādena vijjāya, abbahe sallam'attano'ti.

general

  • ශාස්ත්‍රය; ශිල්පය; විද්‍යාව

  • science; art; branch of knowledge

  • SN 28.10

    ye hi keci, bhagini, samaṇabrāhmaṇā vatthuvijjātiracchānavijjāya micchājīvena jīvikaṃ kappenti

  • මන්ත්‍රය; මායා විද්‍යාව

  • spell; charm; magical lore

  • DN 11

    atthi kho, bho, gandhārī nāma vijjā

vijjanta

vijjastemntasuffix

via inflected form vijjā · vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

vidදන්නවා; හැඟීම; දැනෙනවා

general

  • තිබෙන; විද්‍යමාන වන; පවතින

  • existing; being found; present

vijjati

approximate

vijjastemtisuffix

via inflected form vijja · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

saṃvijjati, upalabbhati

general

  • පවතී; හමු වේ; තිබේ

  • exists; is found; is present

  • AN 8.49

    icc'ete aṭṭha dhammā ca, yassā vijjanti nāriyā, tam'pi sīlavatiṃ āhu, dhammaṭṭhaṃ saccavādiniṃ.

  • SN 22.95

    etādis'āyaṃ santāno, māy'āyaṃ bālalāpinī, vadhako esa akkhāto, sāro ettha na vijjati.

  • හැකි ය; පිළිගත හැකි ය

  • is possible; is plausible

  • MN 56

    aṭṭhānaṃ kho etaṃ, tapassi, anavakāso yaṃ upāli gahapati samaṇassa gotamassa sāvakattaṃ upagaccheyya. ṭhānañ'ca kho etaṃ vijjati yaṃ samaṇo gotamo upālissa gahapatissa sāvakattaṃ upagaccheyya.

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