pabbata

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• पब्बत (Devanagari script)
• পব্বত (Bengali script)
• පබ‍්බත (Sinhalese script)
• ပဗ္ဗတ or ပၿ္ၿတ or ပၿ်ၿတ (Burmese script)
• ปพฺพต or ปัพพะตะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᨻᩛᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ປພ຺ພຕ or ປັພພະຕະ (Lao script)
• បព្ពត (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄝𑄴𑄝𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पर्वत (parvata).

Noun

pabbata m

1. mountain
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     8. පමාදං අප‍්පමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතො 28
     පඤ‍්ඤාපාසාදමාරුය‍්හ අසොකො සොකිනිං පජං
     පබ‍්බතට‍්ඨො’ව භුම‍්මට‍්ඨෙ ධීරො බාලෙ අවෙක‍්ඛති.

     8. Pamādaṃ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito 28
     Paññāpāsādamāruyha asoko sokiniṃ pajaṃ
     Pabbataṭṭho'va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati.

     8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
     having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
     as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below.

     (literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
     having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
     as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.”)

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Declension

Declension table of "pabbata" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	pabbato	pabbatā
Accusative (second)	pabbataṃ	pabbate
Instrumental (third)	pabbatena	pabbatehi or pabbatebhi
Dative (fourth)	pabbatassa or pabbatāya or pabbatatthaṃ	pabbatānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pabbatasmā or pabbatamhā or pabbatā	pabbatehi or pabbatebhi
Genitive (sixth)	pabbatassa	pabbatānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pabbatasmiṃ or pabbatamhi or pabbate	pabbatesu
Vocative (calling)	pabbata	pabbatā

Further reading

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