Pāli Dictionary

vokāra

viprefixavaprefixkarrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kar7to do; to make

Synonyms

bheda, visesa, adhippayāsa, sambhāra

doctrine

  • a constituent of existence; a factor, component (i.e. a khandha, aggregate)

  • SN 54.9

    atha kho te bhikkhū, bhagavā anekapariyāyena asubhakathaṃ katheti, asubhāya vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, asubhabhāvanāya vaṇṇaṃ bhāsatī'ti anek'ākāravokāraṃ asubhabhāvan'ānuyogam'anuyuttā viharanti.

general

  • trouble; annoyance; a worthless or trifling matter

  • distinction; difference; diversity (among things)

  • MN 98

    paccattañ'ca sarīresu, manussesv'etaṃ na vijjati, vokārañ'ca manussesu, samaññāya pavuccati.

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