pabbata

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀧𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀢 (Brahmi script)
  • पब्बत (Devanagari script)
  • পব্বত (Bengali script)
  • පබ‍්බත (Sinhalese script)
  • ပဗ္ဗတ or ပၿ္ၿတ or ပၿ်ၿတ (Burmese script)
  • ปพฺพต or ปัพพะตะ (Thai script)
  • ᨷᨻᩛᨲ (Tai Tham script)
  • ປພ຺ພຕ or ປັພພະຕະ (Lao script)
  • បព្ពត (Khmer script)
  • 𑄛𑄝𑄴𑄝𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पर्वत (parvata).

Noun

pabbata m

  1. mountain
    • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎, 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.      ”)
      (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Declension
Declension table of "pabbata" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)pabbatopabbatā
Accusative (second)pabbataṃpabbate
Instrumental (third)pabbatenapabbatehi or pabbatebhi
Dative (fourth)pabbatassa or pabbatāya or pabbatatthaṃpabbatānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)pabbatasmā or pabbatamhā or pabbatāpabbatehi or pabbatebhi
Genitive (sixth)pabbatassapabbatānaṃ
Locative (seventh)pabbatasmiṃ or pabbatamhi or pabbatepabbatesu
Vocative (calling)pabbatapabbatā

Further reading
  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “pabbata”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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