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pabbate

pabbata

masc acc pl of pabbata (noun); masc loc sg of pabbata (noun); nt acc pl of pabbata (noun); nt loc sg of pabbata (noun); …

1. pabbata (masc): rock
2. pabbata (masc): mountain; hill
3. pabbata (nt): mountain; hill
4. pabbata (masc): name of a privately awakened Buddha; lit. mountain
5. pabbati (pr): develops; prospers; grows

Built from

• pa — prefix · forward, forth
  Intensifying prefix marking emergence or prominence. Cognate with Greek/Latin pro-, English forth.
• bbata — root · become, arise
  From √bhū (become, be). The geminate bb reflects Pali phonology; the root suggests something that has arisen or come forth from the earth.

Etymology. From pa- (forward, forth) + √bhū (become, be), literally 'what has come forth' or 'what has arisen'; cognate with Sanskrit parvata (mountain). The prefix pa- intensifies or marks completion, while the root bhū suggests emergence or growth from the earth.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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