thapati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀣𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• थपति (Devanagari script)
• থপতি (Bengali script)
• ථපති (Sinhalese script)
• ထပတိ (Burmese script)
• ถปติ or ถะปะติ (Thai script)
• ᨳᨷᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຖປຕິ or ຖະປະຕິ (Lao script)
• ថបតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄗𑄛𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्थपति (sthapati, “master of building”); compare स्था (sthā, “to build, establish”) and पति (pati, “master, lord”).

Noun

thapati m

1. builder, master carpenter
2. overseer, officer
   • 2006, The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II)‎^[1], page 558:

     පුන ච පරං භන‍්තෙ, ඉමෙ ඉසිදත‍්තපුරාණා ථපතයො මමභත‍්තා
     මමයානා අහං නෙසං ජීවිතස‍්ස පදාතා යසස‍්ස ආහත‍්තා අථ ච පන
     නො තථා මයි නිපච‍්චාකාරං කරොන‍්ති යථා භගවති.

     Puna ca paraṃ bhante, ime isidattapurāṇā thapatayo mamabhattā
     mamayānā ahaṃ nesaṃ jīvitassa padātā yasassa āhattā atha ca pana
     no tathā mayi nipaccākāraṃ karonti yathā bhagavati.

     Furthermore, sir, these chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa share my meals and my carriages. I give them a livelihood and bring them renown. And yet they don’t show me the same level of devotion that they show to the Buddha.

Declension

Declension table of "thapati" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	thapati	thapatayo or thapatī
Accusative (second)	thapatiṃ	thapatayo or thapatī
Instrumental (third)	thapatinā	thapatīhi or thapatībhi
Dative (fourth)	thapatissa or thapatino	thapatīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	thapatismā or thapatimhā	thapatīhi or thapatībhi
Genitive (sixth)	thapatissa or thapatino	thapatīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	thapatismiṃ or thapatimhi	thapatīsu
Vocative (calling)	thapati	thapatayo or thapatī

Descendants

• → Thai: ถบดี (tà-bɔɔ-dii, “architect, builder”)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “thapati”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead