pāṇabhūta
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀪𑀽𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- पाणभूत (Devanagari script)
- পাণভূত (Bengali script)
- පාණභූත (Sinhalese script)
- ပါဏဘူတ or ပႃꧣꧤူတ (Burmese script)
- ปาณภูต or ปาณะภูตะ (Thai script)
- ᨷᩤᨱᨽᩪᨲ (Tai Tham script)
- ປາຓຠູຕ or ປາຓະຠູຕະ (Lao script)
- បាណភូត (Khmer script)
Etymology
pāṇa (“life”) + bhūta (“being”)
Noun
pāṇabhūta m
- living being
- Synonym: pāṇa
- c. 50 BC, the Buddha; anonymous, Ajahn Sujato, transl., Udāna(pāḷi), page 148; republished as The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya, Colombo, 2009:
- සුඛො විවෙකො තුට්ඨස්ස සුතධම්මස්ස පස්සතො
අබ්යාපජ්ජං සුඛං ලොකෙ පාණභූතෙසු සංයමො.- sukho viveko tuṭṭhassa sutadhammassa passato
abyāpajjaṃ sukhaṃ loke pāṇabhūtesu saṃyamo. - Seclusion is happiness for the contented
who see the teaching they have learned.
Kindness for the world is happiness
for one who’d not harm a living creature.
- sukho viveko tuṭṭhassa sutadhammassa passato
Declension
Declension table of "pāṇabhūta" (masculine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | pāṇabhūto | pāṇabhūtā |
| Accusative (second) | pāṇabhūtaṃ | pāṇabhūte |
| Instrumental (third) | pāṇabhūtena | pāṇabhūtehi or pāṇabhūtebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | pāṇabhūtassa or pāṇabhūtāya or pāṇabhūtatthaṃ | pāṇabhūtānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | pāṇabhūtasmā or pāṇabhūtamhā or pāṇabhūtā | pāṇabhūtehi or pāṇabhūtebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | pāṇabhūtassa | pāṇabhūtānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | pāṇabhūtasmiṃ or pāṇabhūtamhi or pāṇabhūte | pāṇabhūtesu |
| Vocative (calling) | pāṇabhūta | pāṇabhūtā |