appāhāratā

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀳𑀸𑀭𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • अप्पाहारता (Devanagari script)
  • অপ্পাহারতা (Bengali script)
  • අප‍්පාහාරතා (Sinhalese script)
  • အပ္ပါဟာရတာ or ဢပ္ပႃႁႃရတႃ or ဢပ်ပႃႁႃရတႃ (Burmese script)
  • อปฺปาหารตา or อัปปาหาระตา (Thai script)
  • ᩋᨷ᩠ᨷᩤᩉᩣᩁᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອປ຺ປາຫາຣຕາ or ອັປປາຫາຣະຕາ (Lao script)
  • អប្បាហារតា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄛𑄴𑄛𑄂𑄦𑄂𑄢𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

appa +‎ āhāra (“food”) +‎ -tā (“-ness”).

Noun

appāhāratā f

  1. fasting, going short on food[1]
    • 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)‎, page 192:
      සෙය්‍යථාපි නාම ජරසාලාය ගොපානසියො ඔලුග‍්ගවිලුග‍්ගා භවන‍්ති, එවමෙවස‍්සු මෙ ඵාසුළියො ඔලුග‍්ගවිලුග‍්ගා භවන‍්ති තායෙවප‍්පාහාරතාය.
      Seyyathāpi nāma jarasālāya gopānasiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti, evamevassu me phāsuḷiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti tāyevappāhāratāya.
      Truly, just as in a decrepit outhouse the rafters are crumbling, my ribs were just that way, they were crumbling from just this fasting.

Declension

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References
  1. Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “appa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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