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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

avaññā : (f.) contempt; disrespect.

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avaṇṇa : (m.) blame; disrepute.

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

Avañña, (adj.) (to avaññā) despised, despicable Pv III, 1¹³ (= avaññeyya avajānitabba PvA. 175). (Page 82)

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Avaññā, (f.) (Sk. avajñā, fr. ava + jñā) contempt, disregard, disrespect J. I, 257 (°ya). (Page 82)

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Avaṇṇa, (a + vaṇṇa) blame, reproach, fault D. I, 1 (= dosā nindā DA. I, 37); It. 67; Pug. 48, 59. (Page 82)

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

1) avaññā (အဝညာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[ava+ñā+a]
[အဝ+ဉာ+အ]

2) avaṇṇa (အဝဏ္ဏ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[na+vaṇṇa]
[န+ဝဏ္ဏ]

[Pali to Burmese]

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

1) avaññā—

(Burmese text): (၁) အယုတ်စား,အညံ့စား,အောက်တန်းစား-ဟု-သိခြင်း-သဘောထားခြင်း၊ မထီမဲ့မြင် ပြုခြင်း၊ နိုင်ထက်စီးနင်း ပြုလုပ်ခြင်း။ (တိ) (၂) အယုတ်စား,အညံ့စားဟု-သိအပ်-သဘောထားအပ်-သော၊ မထီမဲ့မြင်ပြုအပ်သော။

(Auto-Translation): (1) Being considered petty, inferior, or lowly refers to having an attitude that is condescending, having a myopic view, or engaging in a behavior that is dismissive. (precise) (2) Being categorized as petty or inferior entails having a condescending attitude and exhibiting a narrow-minded perspective.

2) avaṇṇa—

(Burmese text): (၁) (က) ဂုဏ်ကျေးဇူး၏ ဆန့်ကျင်ဖက်၊ အပြစ်၊ ကဲ့ရဲ့ဖွယ်အပြစ်။ (ခ) အပြစ်ပြောခြင်း၊ မျက်မှောက်၌-တိုက်ရိုက်-ကဲ့ရဲ့ခြင်း။ (၂) အဝဏ်၊ အ-နှင့် အာသရနှစ်လုံး။

(Auto-Translation): (1) (a) Opposite of honor and gratitude, offense, blameworthy sin. (b) Speaking of sins, directly confronting in front. (2) Awfulness, both a and a-thara.

context information

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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Avaṇṇa (अवण्ण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Avarṇa.

2) Avaṇṇā (अवण्णा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Avajñā.

3) Āvaṇṇa (आवण्ण) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Āpanna.

4) Āvaṇṇa (आवण्ण) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Āpanna.

context information

Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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