Pāli Dictionary

visattika

viprefixsajrootikasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

saj3stick; cling

Synonyms

jālī

doctrine

  • sticky; entangling; ensnaring

  • AN 4.199

    taṇhaṃ vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi jāliniṃ saritaṃ visaṭaṃ visattikaṃ, yāya ayaṃ loko uddhasto pariyonaddho tant'ākulakajāto gulāguṇṭhikajāto muñjapabbajabhūto apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ saṃsāraṃ n'ātivattati.

visattikā

approximate

viprefixsajrootikāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

saj3stick; cling

doctrine

  • attachment, craving, clinging entanglement (near-synonym of taṇhā)

  • Dhp 180

    yassa jālinī visattikā, taṇhā n'atthi kuhiñci netave, taṃ buddham'anantagocaraṃ, apadaṃ kena padena nessatha.

  • Snp 4.1

    yo kāme parivajjeti, sappass'eva padā siro, so imaṃ visattikaṃ loke, sato samativattati.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

vīsatikā
  1. vīsa

    twentieth (20th)

  2. tikātika

    threefold; consisting of three; triple

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