pāṇabhūta

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀪𑀽𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• पाणभूत (Devanagari script)
• পাণভূত (Bengali script)
• පාණභූත (Sinhalese script)
• ပါဏဘူတ or ပႃꧣꧤူတ (Burmese script)
• ปาณภูต or ปาณะภูตะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩤᨱᨽᩪᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ປາຓຠູຕ or ປາຓະຠູຕະ (Lao script)
• បាណភូត (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄂𑄕𑄞𑄫𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

pāṇa (“life”) +‎ bhūta (“being”)

Noun

pāṇabhūta m

1. living being

   Synonym: pāṇa

   • c. 50 BC, the Buddha, anonymous author, translated by Ajahn Sujato, Udāna(pāḷi), page 148; republished as The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     සුඛො විවෙකො තුට‍්ඨස‍්ස සුතධම‍්මස‍්ස පස‍්සතො
     අබ්‍යාපජ‍්ජං සුඛං ලොකෙ පාණභූතෙසු සංයමො.

     sukho viveko tuṭṭhassa sutadhammassa passato
     abyāpajjaṃ sukhaṃ loke pāṇabhūtesu saṃyamo.

     Seclusion is happiness for the contented
     who see the teaching they have learned.
     Kindness for the world is happiness
     for one who’d not harm a living creature.

Declension

Declension table of "pāṇabhūta" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	pāṇabhūto	pāṇabhūtā
Accusative (second)	pāṇabhūtaṃ	pāṇabhūte
Instrumental (third)	pāṇabhūtena	pāṇabhūtehi or pāṇabhūtebhi
Dative (fourth)	pāṇabhūtassa or pāṇabhūtāya or pāṇabhūtatthaṃ	pāṇabhūtānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pāṇabhūtasmā or pāṇabhūtamhā or pāṇabhūtā	pāṇabhūtehi or pāṇabhūtebhi
Genitive (sixth)	pāṇabhūtassa	pāṇabhūtānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pāṇabhūtasmiṃ or pāṇabhūtamhi or pāṇabhūte	pāṇabhūtesu
Vocative (calling)	pāṇabhūta	pāṇabhūtā