Vikkhambheti: 2 definitions
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Vikkhambheti 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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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryvikkhambheti : (vi + khambh + e) suppresses; discards; extripates.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryVikkhambheti, (vi+khambheti) (trs.) to “unprop, ” unsettle, discard; to destroy, extirpate, paralyse (cp. khambha 2 and chambheti), give up, reject Sn. 969 (=abhibhavati etc. Nd1 492); Vism. 268; J. I, 303 (jhānabalena kilese v.); Miln. 34 (nīvaraṇe); DhA. IV, 119 (pītiṃ vikkhambhetvā: here in meaning “set up, establish”? Or to produce such pīti as to be called pharaṇā pīti, thus vikkhambheti=pharati 2? Or as denom. fr. vikkhambha “diameter”=to establish etc. ?); VvA. 156 (read °etvā.)— pp. vikkhambhita. (Page 614)
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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Full-text: Vikkhambhita, Vikkhambhesi, Vikkhambhenta, Vikkhambhetva, Vikkhambhika, Vikkhambhiya, Vishkambhayati, Vishkambhate.
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