sikkhāpada

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀧𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• सिक्खापद (Devanagari script)
• সিক্খাপদ (Bengali script)
• සික‍්ඛාපද (Sinhalese script)
• သိက္ခာပဒ or သိၵ္ၶႃပၻ or သိၵ်ၶႃပၻ (Burmese script)
• สิกฺขาปท or สิกขาปะทะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩥᨠ᩠ᨡᩣᨷᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ສິກ຺ຂາປທ or ສິກຂາປະທະ (Lao script)
• សិក្ខាបទ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄨𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄂𑄛𑄘 (Chakma script)

Etymology

sikkhā +‎ pada.

Noun

sikkhāpada n

1. a set of precepts, a code; a precept
   • c. 500 BC, Gautama Buddha, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pañcasīlāni; republished in Sangharakshita, Sangharakshita Complete Works, Windhorse Publications, 2019, →ISBN, Appendix: The Five Precepts:

     Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.

     I observe the precept of abstaining from the destruction of life.

Declension

Declension table of "sikkhāpada" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sikkhāpadaṃ	sikkhāpadāni
Accusative (second)	sikkhāpadaṃ	sikkhāpadāni
Instrumental (third)	sikkhāpadena	sikkhāpadehi or sikkhāpadebhi
Dative (fourth)	sikkhāpadassa or sikkhāpadāya or sikkhāpadatthaṃ	sikkhāpadānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sikkhāpadasmā or sikkhāpadamhā or sikkhāpadā	sikkhāpadehi or sikkhāpadebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sikkhāpadassa	sikkhāpadānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sikkhāpadasmiṃ or sikkhāpadamhi or sikkhāpade	sikkhāpadesu
Vocative (calling)	sikkhāpada	sikkhāpadāni