paṭibhaṇḍati

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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paṭi- +‎ bhaṇḍati

Verb

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paṭibhaṇḍati (root bhaṇḍ, first conjugation)

  1. to argue back
    • c. 50 BC, Anguttara Nikaya: Book of Fours, Mahā Vagga; republished as Richard Morris, editor, Aṅguttara-Nikāya: Part II: Catukka Nipāta[1], 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

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Adjective

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paṭibhaṇḍati

  1. masculine/neuter locative singular of paṭibhaṇḍant, present participle of the verb above