Paleti, Pāleti, Paleṭī: 2 definitions

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

pāleti : (pāl + e) protects; guards; preserves. || paleti = palāyati.

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

Pāleti, (cp. (Epic) Sk. pālayati, fr. pā) 1. to protect, guard, watch, keep Sn. 585; J. I, 55; IV, 127; VI, 589; Miln. 4 (paṭhavī lokaṃ pāleti, perhaps in meaning “keeps, holds, encircles, ” similar to meaning 2); Sdhp. 33. ‹-› 2. (lit. perhaps “to see through safely”; for palāyati by false analogy) to go on, to move, to keep going, in defn of carati as viharati, iriyati, vattati, pāleti, yapeti, yāpeti at Nd2 237; Vbh. 252; DhsA. 167. Cp. pālana. So also in phrase atthaṃ pāleti (so read for paleti?) “to come home” i.e. to disappear Sn. 1074 (see expld Nd2 28). See other refs. under palāyati. ‹-› pp. pālita. See also abhi° & pari°. A contracted (poetical) form is found as pallate at J. V, 242, expld by C. as pālayati (pālayate), used as Med. -Pass. (Page 455)

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Paleti, see palāyati. (Page 442)

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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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