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Pali
Etymology
paṭi- + bhaṇḍati
Verb
paṭibhaṇḍati (root bhaṇḍ, first conjugation)
- to argue back
c. 50 BC, Anguttara Nikaya: Book of Fours, Mahā Vagga; republished as Richard Morris, editor, Aṅguttara-Nikāya: Part II: Catukka Nipāta, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 215:Idha bhikkhave bhikkhu akkosantaṃ paccakkosati, rosantaṃ paṭirosati, bhaṇḍantaṃ paṭibhaṇḍati.- Mendicants, it’s when someone abuses, annoys, or argues with a mendicant, and the mendicant abuses, annoys, or argues back at them.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "paṭibhaṇḍati"
- Present active participle: paṭibhaṇḍant, which see for forms and usage
Adjective
paṭibhaṇḍati
- masculine/neuter locative singular of paṭibhaṇḍant, present participle of the verb above