Bhabbata, Bhabbatā: 2 definitions

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

bhabbatā : (f.) ability; fitness.

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

Bhabbatā, (f.) (abstr. fr. bhabba) possibility; neg. a° impossibility Sn. 232; KhA 191; VvA. 208. Bhamati (bhram; on etym. see K. Z. IV. 443; VI, 152. explained at Dhtp 219 by “anavaṭṭhāne,” i.e. unsettledness) to spin (of a wheel), to whirl about, to roam Dh. 371 (mā te kāmaguṇe bhamassu cittaṃ); J. I, 414; III, 206= IV. 4 (cakkaṃ matthake); IV, 6 (kumbha-kāra-cakkaṃ iva bh.); V, 478.—pp. bhanta.—Caus. bhameti to make whirl Vism. 142 (cakkaṃ). (Page 498)

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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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