උපනය‍්හති

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Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

උපනය‍්හති (root nah, third conjugation)

  1. Sinhala script form of upanayhati (to bind up)
    • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya, Colombo, 2009:
      3. අක‍්කොච‍්ඡි මං අවධි මං අජිනි මං අහාසි මෙ
      යෙ තං උපනය‍්හන‍්ති වෙරං තෙසං න සම‍්මති
      3. akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ ajini maṃ ahāsi me
      ye taṃ upanayhanti veraṃ tesaṃ na sammati
      He abused me, he struck me, he defeated me, he robbed me.
      Hatred does not subside for those who nurse grudges thus.
      (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Conjugation

Adjective

උපනය‍්හති

  1. Sinhala script form of upanayhati, masculine/neuter locative singular of උපනය‍්හන‍්ත් (upanayhant), present active participle of the verb above

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