nahāpeti
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀦𑀳𑀸𑀧𑁂𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- नहापेति (Devanagari script)
- নহাপেতি (Bengali script)
- නහාපෙති (Sinhalese script)
- နဟာပေတိ (Burmese script)
- นหาเปติ or นะหาเปติ (Thai script)
- ᨶᩉᩣᨷᩮᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
- ນຫາເປຕິ or ນະຫາເປຕິ (Lao script)
- នហាបេតិ (Khmer script)
Verb
nahāpeti
- to bathe
- Jāto kaṇho pabyāhāsi – ‘dhovatha maṃ, amma, nahāpetha maṃ amma, imasmā maṃ asucismā parimocetha, atthāya vo bhavissāmī’ti.
- And no sooner was it born than the little black thing said, “Wash me, mother. Bathe me, mother. Set me free, mother, of this dirt. So shall I be of use to you.”