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Pali for "definition"
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Pali for "definition"
by danieLion » Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:23 pm
What are the Pali word(s) for "define", "definition", etc...?
"You stop me, obviously with a demand for a personal explanation. 'How is it, you write, 'that you reject with such immitigable scorn the very foundation-stones of Buddhism, and yet refer disciples enthusiastically to the technique of some of its subtlest super-structures?'
I laff."
-Aleister Crowley, Magick Without Tears, Chapter XXVII: Structure of Mind Based on that of Body (Haeckel and Bertrand Russell)
"Questions of reality are too important to be left to the scientists."
-Paul Feyerbend, The Tyranny of Science, p. 51 (Polity: 2012).
I laff."
-Aleister Crowley, Magick Without Tears, Chapter XXVII: Structure of Mind Based on that of Body (Haeckel and Bertrand Russell)
"Questions of reality are too important to be left to the scientists."
-Paul Feyerbend, The Tyranny of Science, p. 51 (Polity: 2012).
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Re: Pali for "definition"
by cooran » Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:15 am
define : (v.t.) upalakkheti; viseseti; paricchindati; niccheti. (pp.) upalakkhita; visesita; paricchinna; nicchita.
definer : (m.) nirūpaka; paricchindaka.
definite : (adj.) nicchita; niyamita; paricchinna.
definite article : (m.) niyamanipāta.
definitely : (adv.) ekantena; saniyamaṃ.
definition : (nt.) upalakkhana; paricchindana. (m.) nicchaya. (f.) vavatthā.
definitive : (adj.) niyāmaka; paricchindaka; asandiddha.
http://www.budsas.org/ebud/dict-ep/dictep-d.htm
definer : (m.) nirūpaka; paricchindaka.
definite : (adj.) nicchita; niyamita; paricchinna.
definite article : (m.) niyamanipāta.
definitely : (adv.) ekantena; saniyamaṃ.
definition : (nt.) upalakkhana; paricchindana. (m.) nicchaya. (f.) vavatthā.
definitive : (adj.) niyāmaka; paricchindaka; asandiddha.
http://www.budsas.org/ebud/dict-ep/dictep-d.htm
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Re: Pali for "definition"
by Sylvester » Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:40 am
The suttas generally contrast -
byañjana/vyañjana = expression
against
attha = meaning.
Somewhat like the Western distinction between "denotaton" and "connotation".
byañjana/vyañjana = expression
against
attha = meaning.
Somewhat like the Western distinction between "denotaton" and "connotation".
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Re: Pali for "definition"
by danieLion » Sun Jan 13, 2013 5:44 am
These are excellent responses. Thanks a lot.
"You stop me, obviously with a demand for a personal explanation. 'How is it, you write, 'that you reject with such immitigable scorn the very foundation-stones of Buddhism, and yet refer disciples enthusiastically to the technique of some of its subtlest super-structures?'
I laff."
-Aleister Crowley, Magick Without Tears, Chapter XXVII: Structure of Mind Based on that of Body (Haeckel and Bertrand Russell)
"Questions of reality are too important to be left to the scientists."
-Paul Feyerbend, The Tyranny of Science, p. 51 (Polity: 2012).
I laff."
-Aleister Crowley, Magick Without Tears, Chapter XXVII: Structure of Mind Based on that of Body (Haeckel and Bertrand Russell)
"Questions of reality are too important to be left to the scientists."
-Paul Feyerbend, The Tyranny of Science, p. 51 (Polity: 2012).
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