Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

pa- +‎ vattati

Verb edit

pavattati (root vatt, first conjugation)

  1. to arise, to begin, to take place[1]
  2. to start, to set out[1]
  3. to roll or flow forwards[1]
  4. to become, to be, to exist[1]
  5. to go on, to proceed, to be kept up[1]

Conjugation edit

  • Present active participle: pavattant, which see for forms and usage
  • Present middle participle: pavattamāna, which see for forms and usage
  • Past participle: pavatta[1]

Adjective edit

pavattati

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

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 375.