pubbaṇha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀼𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀡𑁆𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• पुब्बण्ह (Devanagari script)
• পুব্বণ্হ (Bengali script)
• පුබ‍්බණ‍්හ (Sinhalese script)
• ပုဗ္ဗဏှ or ပုၿ္ၿꧣှ or ပုၿ်ၿꧣှ (Burmese script)
• ปุพฺพณฺห or ปุพพัณหะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩩᨻᩛᨱ᩠ᩉ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຸພ຺ພຓ຺ຫ or ປຸພພັຓຫະ (Lao script)
• បុព្ពណ្ហ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄪𑄝𑄴𑄝𑄕𑄴𑄦 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Derived from weak forms of a compound such as Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “start”) +‎ Sanskrit अहन् (ahan, “day”), with regular vowel shortening and metathesis of -nh- in oblique forms, with a change of gender.

Noun

pubbaṇha m

1. morning

   Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi.

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Usage notes

The term is part of a three-fold division of the day into pubbaṇha, majjhaṇha and sāyaṇha.

Declension

Declension table of "pubbaṇha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	pubbaṇho	pubbaṇhā
Accusative (second)	pubbaṇhaṃ	pubbaṇhe
Instrumental (third)	pubbaṇhena	pubbaṇhehi or pubbaṇhebhi
Dative (fourth)	pubbaṇhassa or pubbaṇhāya or pubbaṇhatthaṃ	pubbaṇhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pubbaṇhasmā or pubbaṇhamhā or pubbaṇhā	pubbaṇhehi or pubbaṇhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	pubbaṇhassa	pubbaṇhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pubbaṇhasmiṃ or pubbaṇhamhi or pubbaṇhe	pubbaṇhesu
Vocative (calling)	pubbaṇha	pubbaṇhā

Coordinate terms

• majjhaṇha
• sāyaṇha

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “pubbaṇha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 388.