Pageva, Pa-eva: 5 definitions
Introduction:
Pageva 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
pageva : (ind.) too early; not to be said of.
Pageva, (adv.) (Page=Sk. prage+eva, but BSk. prāgeva) (how) much more or much less, a fortiori, lit. “right at the earliest” J. I, 354; V, 242; Miln. 91; Vism. 93, 259, 322; VvA. 258, PvA. 115, 116, 117.—Compar. Pagevataraṃ M. III, 145; atippage too early J. III, 48; atippago id. M. I, 84; S. II, 32; A. V, 48. (Page 382)
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Pageva, (adv.) (Page=Sk. prage+eva, but BSk. prāgeva) (how) much more or much less, a fortiori, lit. “right at the earliest” J. I, 354; V, 242; Miln. 91; Vism. 93, 259, 322; VvA. 258, PvA. 115, 116, 117.—Compar. Pagevataraṃ M. III, 145; atippage too early J. III, 48; atippago id. M. I, 84; S. II, 32; A. V, 48. (Page 382)
pageva (ပဂေဝ) [(bya) (ဗျ)]—
[pā+eva．ka．43．nīti,sutta．54．page+eva．(prageva-saṃ)]
[ပါ+ဧဝ။ ကစ္စည်း။၄၃။နီတိ၊သုတ္တ။၅၄။ပဂေ+ဧဝ။ (ပြဂေဝ-သံ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
pageva—
(Burmese text): (၁) ရှေးဦး-မဆွ-အစ-ကပင်လျှင်။ (၂) အဘယ်ဆိုဖွယ်ရှိအံ့နည်း၊ ဆိုဖွယ်ရာမရှိ၊ ရှေးဦး-မဆွ-အစ-ကပင်ပြီး၏။ (၃) အလွန်အကျူး-အထူးအကဲ-သာလျှင်။ (၄) စောစော-နံနက်စောစော-အလွန်စောစော-ကသာလျှင်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) The beginning of the ancient times is unique. (2) It is truly remarkable and yet not noticeable; it has already begun at the very start of ancient times. (3) It is truly exceptional and unique. (4) Only when it is extremely early, in the early morning, is it considered so.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Pageva (ಪಗೆವ):—[noun] = ಪಗೆ [page]2 - 2.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Pagevade, Pagevadi, Pagevatara.
Full-text: Pagevatara, Prageva.
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Buddhist Monastic Discipline (by Jotiya Dhirasekera)
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Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
Third recitation section < [20. Nuns (Bhikkhunī)]
Microplastics in the Typical Mulched Farmland of Sichuan Province < [Volume 17, Issue 8 (2025)]