Pali edit

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ධීරො

  1. Sinhala script form of dhīro, nominative singular masculine of ධීර (dhīra, wise; firm)

Sanskrit edit

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Etymology 1 edit

Adjective edit

ධීරො (dhī́ro)

  1. Sinhalese script form of धीरो, sandhi form of nominative singular masculine of ධීර (dhīra, firm)

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

ධීරො (dhī́ro)

  1. Sinhalese script form of धीरो, sandhi form of nominative singular masculine of ධීර (dhīra, intelligent)
    • (Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya[1], Colombo, 2009:
      8. ප්‍රමාදමප්‍රමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතඃ
      ප්‍රඥාප්‍රසාදමාරුහ්‍ය ත්‍වශොකඃ ශොකිනීං ප්‍රජාම්
      පර්‍වතස‍්ථ ඉව භූමිෂ‍්ඨාන් ධීරො බාලානවෙක්‍ෂතෙ
      8 Pramādamapramādena yadā nudati paṇḍitaḥ
      Prajñāprasādamāruhya tvaśokaḥ śokinīṃ prajām
      Parvatastha iva bhūmiṣṭhān dhīro bālānavekṣate
      8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence,
      having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow,
      as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below.
      (literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence,
      having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow,
      as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.
      ”)
      (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

ධීරො (dhī́rom

  1. Sinhalese script form of धीरो, sandhi form of nominative singular of ධීර (dhīra, the ocean)