nahāpeti

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀦𑀳𑀸𑀧𑁂𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• नहापेति (Devanagari script)
• নহাপেতি (Bengali script)
• නහාපෙති (Sinhalese script)
• နဟာပေတိ or ၼႁႃပေတိ (Burmese script)
• นหาเปติ or นะหาเปติ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩉᩣᨷᩮᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ນຫາເປຕິ or ນະຫາເປຕິ (Lao script)
• នហាបេតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄦𑄂𑄛𑄬𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

nahāpeti

1. to bathe

   Jāto kaṇho pabyāhāsi – ‘dhovatha maṃ, amma, nahāpetha maṃ amma, imasmā maṃ asucismā parimocetha, atthāya vo bhavissāmī’ti.

   And no sooner was it born than the little black thing said, “Wash me, mother. Bathe me, mother. Set me free, mother, of this dirt. So shall I be of use to you.”