thapati

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀣𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • थपति (Devanagari script)
  • থপতি (Bengali script)
  • ථපති (Sinhalese script)
  • ထပတိ (Burmese script)
  • ถปติ or ถะปะติ (Thai script)
  • ᨳᨷᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຖປຕິ or ຖະປະຕິ (Lao script)
  • ថបតិ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄗𑄛𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्थपति (sthapati, “master of building”); compare स्था (sthā, “to build, establish”) and पति (pati, “master, lord”).

Noun

thapati m

  1. builder, master carpenter
  2. overseer, officer
    • 2006, The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II)‎, page 558:
      පුන ච පරං භන‍්තෙ, ඉමෙ ඉසිදත‍්තපුරාණා ථපතයො මමභත‍්තා
      මමයානා අහං නෙසං ජීවිතස‍්ස පදාතා යසස‍්ස ආහත‍්තා අථ ච පන
      නො තථා මයි නිපච‍්චාකාරං කරොන‍්ති යථා භගවති.
      Puna ca paraṃ bhante, ime isidattapurāṇā thapatayo mamabhattā
      mamayānā ahaṃ nesaṃ jīvitassa padātā yasassa āhattā atha ca pana
      no tathā mayi nipaccākāraṃ karonti yathā bhagavati.
      Furthermore, sir, these chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa share my meals and my carriages. I give them a livelihood and bring them renown. And yet they don’t show me the same level of devotion that they show to the Buddha.

Declension
Declension table of "thapati" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)thapatithapatayo or thapatī
Accusative (second)thapatiṃthapatayo or thapatī
Instrumental (third)thapatināthapatīhi or thapatībhi
Dative (fourth)thapatissa or thapatinothapatīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)thapatismā or thapatimhāthapatīhi or thapatībhi
Genitive (sixth)thapatissa or thapatinothapatīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)thapatismiṃ or thapatimhithapatīsu
Vocative (calling)thapatithapatayo or thapatī

Descendants
  • → Thai: ถบดี (tà-bɔɔ-dii, “architect, builder”)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “thapati”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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