Anybody know what Pali for "violet" renders as?
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Pali for "violet"
by Inoshi » Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:34 pm
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Re: Pali for "violet"
by David N. Snyder » Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:44 pm
violet : (adj.) pāṭala; nīlalohita. (m.) puppavisesa.
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Re: Pali for "violet"
by daverupa » Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:45 pm
- "There is, headman, dhammasamādhi. If you were to obtain cittasamādhi in that, you might abandon this state of perplexity. And what, headman, is dhammasamādhi?
[kammapatha & brahmavihara, & a method of arousing gladness]"
- "Others will misapprehend according to their individual views, hold on to them tenaciously and not easily discard them; we shall not misapprehend according to individual views nor hold on to them tenaciously, but shall discard them with ease — thus effacement can be done."
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Re: Pali for "violet"
by Inoshi » Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:15 pm
Yeah I saw some of those and when I cross referenced some online resources I couldn't get much on the Pali reverse to English. When I do this I get a better understanding on context and usage.
For example nīlalohita is basically saying blue-red in English, quite interesting. Pāṭala and puppavisesa can not be found. I think puppa might be alternately spelled puppHa, and I've found that, but no visesa.
So my next question is does anybody find English translations for these three words? And, does anybody have experience hearing or using this word (violet) in Pali?
pāṭala
nīlalohita
puppavisesa
For example nīlalohita is basically saying blue-red in English, quite interesting. Pāṭala and puppavisesa can not be found. I think puppa might be alternately spelled puppHa, and I've found that, but no visesa.
So my next question is does anybody find English translations for these three words? And, does anybody have experience hearing or using this word (violet) in Pali?
pāṭala
nīlalohita
puppavisesa
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Re: Pali for "violet"
by David N. Snyder » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:53 pm
rishi wrote:pāṭala
Perhaps pink?
http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?tit ... _to_piracy
But pink is certainly different from violet.
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