veramaṇī

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀫𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• वेरमणी (Devanagari script)
• ৰেরমণী (Bengali script)
• වෙරමණී (Sinhalese script)
• ဝေရမဏီ or ဝေရမဏဳ or ဝေရမꧣီ (Burmese script)
• เวรมณี or เวระมะณี (Thai script)
• ᩅᩮᩁᨾᨱᩦ (Tai Tham script)
• ເວຣມຓີ or ເວຣະມະຓີ (Lao script)
• វេរមណី (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄬𑄢𑄟𑄕𑄩 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From viramaṇa (“abstinence”).

Noun

veramaṇī f

1. abstinence
   • 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 "veramaṇī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	veramaṇī	veramaṇiyo or veramaṇī
Accusative (second)	veramaṇiṃ or veramaṇiyaṃ	veramaṇiyo or veramaṇī
Instrumental (third)	veramaṇiyā	veramaṇīhi or veramaṇībhi
Dative (fourth)	veramaṇiyā	veramaṇīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	veramaṇiyā	veramaṇīhi or veramaṇībhi
Genitive (sixth)	veramaṇiyā	veramaṇīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	veramaṇiyā or veramaṇiyaṃ	veramaṇīsu
Vocative (calling)	veramaṇi	veramaṇiyo or veramaṇī

Descendants

• → Thai: เวรมณี (wee-rá-má-nii)

References

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