Pacinati, Pacināti: 2 definitions

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

pacināti : (pa + ci + nā) picks; plucks; collects; accumulates.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Pacinati, (or °cināti) (pa+cināti, cp, ācināti) 1. to pick, pluck, gather, take up, collect, accumulate S. III, 89; IV, 74 (dukkhaṃ=ācināti p. 73); Dh. 47, 48 (pupphāni= ocinati DhA. I, 366); J. III, 22; fut. pacinissati DhA. I, 361.—2. to pick out (mentally), to discern, distinguish, realise, know Sn. 837 (ppr. pacinaṃ=pacinanto vicinanto tulayanto tīrayanto Nd1 185; =pavicinati SnA 545); fut. pacessati Dh. 44, 45 (sic F.; MSS. vijessati, & vicessati the latter perhaps preferable to pac°; explained at DhA. I, 334 by vicinissati upaparikkhissati paṭivijjhissati sacchikarissati).—Pass. pacīyati to be heaped up, to increase, accumulate S. IV, 74 (opp. khīyati). (Page 383)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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