"samaya" meaning in Pali

See samaya in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Sanskrit समय (samaya, “time”). Etymology templates: {{inh|pi|sa|समय|t=time}} Sanskrit समय (samaya, “time”) Head templates: {{pi-noun|m}} samaya m Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=m}} Forms: masculine [table-tags], samayo [nominative, singular], samayā [nominative, plural], samayaṃ [accusative, singular], samaye [accusative, plural], samayena [instrumental, singular], samayehi [instrumental, plural], samayebhi [instrumental, plural], samayassa [dative, singular], samayāya [dative, singular], samayatthaṃ [dative, singular], samayānaṃ [dative, plural], samayasmā [ablative, singular], samayamhā [ablative, singular], samayā [ablative, singular], samayehi [ablative, plural], samayebhi [ablative, plural], samayassa [genitive, singular], samayānaṃ [genitive, plural], samayasmiṃ [locative, singular], samayamhi [locative, singular], samaye [locative, singular], samayesu [locative, plural], samaya [singular, vocative], samayā [plural, vocative]
  1. time, occasion Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-samaya-pi-noun-hM0UoDdM Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pali entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Burmese",
      "lang_code": "my",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "sa.ma.ya.",
      "word": "သမယ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "sà-mǎi",
      "word": "สมัย"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lao",
      "lang_code": "lo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "sa mai",
      "word": "ສະໄໝ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "sa",
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        "t": "time"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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  "etymology_text": "From Sanskrit समय (samaya, “time”).",
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    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samaye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayasmā",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "samayamhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "samayassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayasmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "samayamhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samaye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samaya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "samaya m",
      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "pi-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "english": "The Blessed One was once going along the high road between Rājaɡaha and Nālandā with a ɡreat company of the brethren, with about five hundred brethren.",
          "ref": "2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I), page 2:",
          "roman": "ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā antarā ca rājagahaṃ antarā ca nāḷandaṃ addhānamaggappaṭipanno hoti mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi.",
          "text": "එකං සමයං භගවා අන්තරා ච රාජගහං අන්තරා ච නාළන්දං අද්ධානමග්ගප්පටිපන්නො හොති මහතා භික්ඛුසඞ්ඝෙන සද්ධිං පඤ්චමත්තෙහි භික්ඛුසතෙහි.",
          "translation": "The Blessed One was once going along the high road between Rājaɡaha and Nālandā with a ɡreat company of the brethren, with about five hundred brethren.",
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        }
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          "occasion"
        ]
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
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}
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      "lang_code": "my",
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      ],
      "roman": "sa.ma.ya.",
      "word": "သမယ"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "th",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "sà-mǎi",
      "word": "สมัย"
    },
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      "lang_code": "lo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "sa mai",
      "word": "ສະໄໝ"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "samayaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "samayena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "samayatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "samayānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "samayasmā",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "samayamhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "samayā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "samayehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "samayebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "samayassa",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samaye",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samayesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samaya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
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        "vocative"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I), page 2:",
          "roman": "ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā antarā ca rājagahaṃ antarā ca nāḷandaṃ addhānamaggappaṭipanno hoti mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi.",
          "text": "එකං සමයං භගවා අන්තරා ච රාජගහං අන්තරා ච නාළන්දං අද්ධානමග්ගප්පටිපන්නො හොති මහතා භික්ඛුසඞ්ඝෙන සද්ධිං පඤ්චමත්තෙහි භික්ඛුසතෙහි.",
          "translation": "The Blessed One was once going along the high road between Rājaɡaha and Nālandā with a ɡreat company of the brethren, with about five hundred brethren.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "occasion",
          "occasion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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