Appanaka, Appana-ka, Appāṇaka: 4 definitions
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Appanaka means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Pali-English dictionary
appāṇaka : (adj.) 1. breathless; 2. not containing insects.
Appāṇaka, (adj.) (a + pāṇa + ka) breathless, i. e. (1) holding one’s breath in a form of ecstatic meditation (jhāna) M.I, 243; J.I, 67 (cp. BSk. āsphānaka Lal.V, 314, 324; M Vastu II.124; should the Pāli form be taken as *a + prāṇaka?). (2) not holding anything breathing, i. e. inanimate, lifeless, not containing life Sn.p. 15 (of water). (Page 57)
1) appanaka (အပ္ပနက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[appana+ka]
[အပ္ပန+က]
2) appāṇaka (အပ္ပါဏက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[na+pāṇaka]
[န+ပါဏက]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) appanaka—
(Burmese text): သက်ဝင်ခြင်း-ရှိ-နှင့်ယှဉ်-သော၊ အာရုံကို-ထားသော-သွင်းသကဲ့သို့ဖြစ်သော။
(Auto-Translation): Living is like an infusion that is compared to awareness.
2) appāṇaka—
(Burmese text): (၁) သတ္တဝါမရှိသော၊ သေလတ္တံ့သော သတ္တဝါမရှိသော၊ ပိုးမွှားစသော သတ္တဝါ မသေလောက်သော။ အပ္ပါဏကသညီလည်းကြည့်။ (၂) ဝင်သက်ထွက်သက်မရှိသော၊ ချုပ်-အောင့်-ထားအပ်သော ဝင်သက် ထွက်သက်ရှိသော။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Living things that are not alive, dead without correlation, and non-existent living entities that are insufficient. Also, consider the condition of something that is dependent. (2) There are no incoming or outgoing life forms, but there are those that are bound - limited in their existence.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Panaka, Ka, Na.
Starts with: Appanakajjhana, Appanakajjhanadigahanatta, Appanakajjhanadisahassabhaga, Appanakajjhanaviriyavegasamutthita, Appanakala, Appanakammatthana, Appanakara, Appanakasanni.
Full-text: Appanakajjhana, Appanakasanni, Apannakapada.
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