sapatha

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

sapatha m[1]

  1. an oath
    • c. 50 BC, Petavatthu; republished in Prof. Minayeff, Petavatthu, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 6:
      8. Sapathañ ca maṃ kāresi paribhāsāpayi ca maṃ
      sāhaṃ ɡhorañ ca sapathaṃ musāvādaṃ abhāsissaṃ.
      8. She both made me swear an oath and had me reviled. And I myself told a lie under that terrible oath.

Declension

References

  1. Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 462.
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