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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit पर्वत (parvata).
Noun
[edit]pabbata m
- mountain
- c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya[1], Colombo, 2009:
- 8. පමාදං අප්පමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ්ඩිතො 28
පඤ්ඤාපාසාදමාරුය්හ අසොකො සොකිනිං පජං
පබ්බතට්ඨො’ව භුම්මට්ඨෙ ධීරො බාලෙ අවෙක්ඛති.- 8. Pamādaṃ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito 28
Paññāpāsādamāruyha asoko sokiniṃ pajaṃ
Pabbataṭṭho'va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati. - 8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below. - (literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.”)
- 8. Pamādaṃ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito 28
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "pabbata" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | pabbato | pabbatā |
Accusative (second) | pabbataṃ | pabbate |
Instrumental (third) | pabbatena | pabbatehi or pabbatebhi |
Dative (fourth) | pabbatassa or pabbatāya or pabbatatthaṃ | pabbatānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | pabbatasmā or pabbatamhā or pabbatā | pabbatehi or pabbatebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | pabbatassa | pabbatānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | pabbatasmiṃ or pabbatamhi or pabbate | pabbatesu |
Vocative (calling) | pabbata | pabbatā |
Further reading
[edit]- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “pabbata”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead