sapatha

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Pali

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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

Declension table of "sapatha" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)sapathosapathā
Accusative (second)sapathaṃsapathe
Instrumental (third)sapathenasapathehi or sapathebhi
Dative (fourth)sapathassa or sapathāya or sapathatthaṃsapathānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)sapathasmā or sapathamhā or sapathāsapathehi or sapathebhi
Genitive (sixth)sapathassasapathānaṃ
Locative (seventh)sapathasmiṃ or sapathamhi or sapathesapathesu
Vocative (calling)sapathasapathā

References

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