Pagganhana, Paggaṇhana: 2 definitions

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Pagganhana 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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[«previous next»] — Pagganhana in Pali glossary

paggaṇhana (ပဂ္ဂဏှန) [(na,thī) (န၊ထီ)]—
[pa+gaha+ṇhā+yu.thī nitea paggaṇhanā (pragrahaṇa-saṃ)]
[ပ+ဂဟ+ဏှာ+ယု။ ထီ ၌ ပဂ္ဂဏှနာ (ပြဂြဟဏ-သံ)]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

paggaṇhana—

(Burmese text): (၁) ချီးမြှောက်ခြင်း။ (က) အားပေး-ထောက်ပံ့-ကြံ့ခိုင်စေ-ခြင်း။ (ခ) အားပေး-ကော်ရော်-ပူဇော်-ခြင်း။ (၂) ယူ-စွဲယူ-ဖွဲ့စည်း-ခြင်း။ (တိ) (၃) ချီးမြှောက် တတ်သော၊ အားပေး-ထောက်ပံ့-ကြံ့ခိုင်စေ-တတ်သော။

(Auto-Translation): (1) Praise. (a) Encourage - Support - Strengthen. (b) Encourage - Praise. (2) Take - Capture - Structure. (3) Able to praise, able to encourage - support - strengthen.

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