Abhisambhunati, Abhisambhunāti, Abhisambhuṇāti: 3 definitions

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Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Abhisambhunati in Pali glossary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

abhisambhunāti : (abhi + sambh + uṇā) is able; attains.

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

Abhisambhuṇāti, (considered to be a bastard form of abhisambhavati, but probably of diff. origin & etym.; also in Bh. Sk. frequent) to be able (to get or reach); only in neg. ppr. anabhisambhuṇanto unable D.I, 101 (= asampāpuṇanto avisahamāno vā DA.I, 268); Nd1 77, 312. (Page 72)

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Abhisambhunati in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Abhisaṃbhuṇati (अभिसंभुणति).—(°ṇoti, also saṃbhuṇati; = Pali °ṇāti; on formation see Chap. 43, s.v. bhū, 5; = abhi- saṃbhāvayati, q.v.), attains; reaches to; suffices, is adequate for; in formula (see s.v. lokāntarikā) in which the orig. form seems to have read nānubhavanti or °bhonti: ābhāṃ nābhisaṃbhuṇanti, probably suffice, are adequate for light (see anubhavati) Mahāvastu i.41.6 (by em.); 230.2; 240.11; iii.334.9; 341.13; gatim…°bhuṇema iii.374.7 and °bhuṇe- tha 12, opt.; tenāpi abhisaṃbhuṇitvā (Senart em. °ṇitaṃ) tad vayaṃ nābhisaṃbhuṇiṣyāmaḥ iii.265.3; in iii.206.7—10 abhisaṃbhuṇoti four times, the first two with object karmāntāni, according to Senart carries out, perhaps more lit. is capable of; in the last two, with object arthārthaṃ, the meaning attains is possible, but it may also mean is adequate for.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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