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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

kattabba : (pt.p. of karoti) fit to be done. (nt.), duty; obligation.

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

Kattabba, (adj.) (grd. of karoti) 1. to be done, to be made or performed; that which might or could be done Dh. 53; J. I, 77, 267; V, 362.—2. (nt.) that which is to be done, obligation, duty Th. 1, 330; J. II, 154; V, 402; DhA. I, 211.—akattabba (adj.) not to be done J. III, 131; V, 147; (nt.) that which ought not to be done J. V, 402. kattabb’âkattabba to be done and not to be done J. I, 387. kattabba-yuttaka 1. (adj.) fit or proper to be done DhA. I, 13.—2. (nt.) duty, obligation J. III, 9; VI, 164; DhA. I, 180; (the last) duties towards the deceased J. I, 431.—Cp. kātabba. (Page 183)

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

kattabba (ကတ္တဗ္ဗ) [(na) (န)]—
[kara+tabba．bhāve tabbānīyā napuṃsakāç aññatra vāccaliṅgā．,pañcikā,5．27．]
[ကရ+တဗ္ဗ။ ဘာဝေ တဗ္ဗာနီယာ နပုံသကာ,အညတြ ဝါစ္စလိင်္ဂါ။ မောဂ်၊ ပဉ္စိကာ၊ ၅။ ၂၇။]

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kaara, Kara.

Starts with (+15): Kattabbaabhiseka, Kattabbaadhitthanavikappana, Kattabbaaggiparicarana, Kattabbabuddhakicca, Kattabbabyanjanavikati, Kattabbacitra, Kattabbadhamma, Kattabbaka, Kattabbakala, Kattabbakamma, Kattabbakammakaranapaccaya, Kattabbakammanta, Kattabbakammasannita, Kattabbakammasiddhi, Kattabbakammupaparikkha, Kattabbakarana, Kattabbakari, Kattabbakattabbakicca, Kattabbakhana, Kattabbakicca.

Full-text (+10): Katabba, Kattabbakarana, Kattabbakala, Kattabbaveyyavacca, Adhikatabba, Kattabbaparihara, Kattabbaadhitthanavikappana, Patikattabba, Pagunikattabba, Patisankharitabba, Byakatabba, Avikatabba, Kattabbappasanga, Kattabbarupa, Kattabbasabhava, Kattabbabyanjanavikati, Kattabbakari, Kattabbapara, Kattabbakiriya, Kattabbabuddhakicca.

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