neuter · pamāṇa 1 · pamāṇa 2
measure
measure; size; amount
Pamāṇa (neuter) [of pa + mā, Vedic pramāṇa] 1. measure, size, amount S II 235; A I 88; III 52, 356 f.; V 140 f.; Miln 285 (cf. Q.K.M. II 133, note 2); Pj II 137; Vv-a 16; Pv-a 55 (ghaṭa°), 70 (ekahattha°), 99 (tālakkhandha°), 268 (sīla°). 2. measure of time, compass length, duration Pv-a 136 (jīvitaṃ paricchinna °ṃ); especially in compound āyu° age S I 151; A I 213; II 126 f. and passim (cf. āyu). 3. age (often by commentary taken as "worldly characteristic," see below rūpa° and cf. Nidd II §406 on Snp 1076); Dhp-a I 38. 4. limit Pv-a 123, 130 (dhanassa). 5. (applied meaning) standard, definition, description, dimension S IV 158 ≈ Sn 1076 (perhaps ("age"). pamāṇaṃ karoti set an example Dhp-a III 300 (maṃ p. katvā). — adjective (—°) of characteristic, of the character of, measuring or measured by, taking the standard of, only in compound rūpa° measuring by (appearance or) form, or held in the sphere of form (defined or Pp-a 229 as "rūpa-ppamāṇādisu sampattiyuttaṃ rūpaṃ pamāṇaṃ karotī ti") A II 71 = Pp 53; Nidd II §406. — appamāṇa without a measure, unlimited, immeasurable, incomparable D I 31; II 12 (+ uḷāra); M III 145 (ceto-vimutti); A I 183, 192; II 73; III 52; V 299 f., 344 f.; Snp 507; Pv-a 110 (= atula). See also appamāṇa. -kata taken as standard, set as example, being the measure, in phrase p.-kataṃ kammaṃ D I 251; S IV 322.
【中】 衡量; 大小; 數量. ~ka, 【形】 以... 衡量; 大小為.... ~ṇika, 【形】 依照標準的度量衡.
(adj, adj, in comps, from pamiṇāti) size of; length of; measurement (of) [lit.] measuring Construction: pa + √mā + aṇa
(adj, adj, in comps, from pamiṇāti) measuring by; appraising by; judging by; esteeming [lit.] measuring Construction: pa + √mā + aṇa
(nt, nt, from pamiṇāti) measure; measurement; length; size; amount; quantity measure, size, amount [lit.] measuring Construction: pa + √mā + aṇa