saṃvarati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀁𑀯𑀭𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• संवरति (Devanagari script)
• সংৰরতি (Bengali script)
• සංවරති (Sinhalese script)
• သံဝရတိ (Burmese script)
• สํวรติ or สังวะระติ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩴᩅᩁᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ສໍວຣຕິ or ສັງວະຣະຕິ (Lao script)
• សំវរតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄁𑅇𑄢𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

saṃ- +‎ varati

Verb

saṃvarati (root var, first conjugation)

1. to restrain
   • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎^[1], page 184:

     54. කටඤ‍්ච අම‍්බට‍්ඨ භික‍්ඛු ඉන්‍ද්‍රියෙසු ගුත‍්තද‍්වාරො හොති? ඉධ
     අම‍්බට‍්ඨ භික‍්ඛු චක‍්ඛුනා රූපං දිස‍්වා න නිමිත‍්තග‍්ගාහි හොති නානුබ්‍යඤ‍්ජ-
     නග‍්ගාහි. යත්‍වාධිරණමෙතං චක‍්ඛුන්‍ද්‍රියං අසංවුතං විහරන‍්තං අභිජ‍්ඣා-
     දොමනස‍්සා පාපකා අකුසලා ධම‍්මා අන්‍වාස‍්සවෙය්‍යුං තස‍්ස සංවරාය පටිපජ‍්ජති
     රක‍්ඛති චක‍්ඛුන්‍ද්‍රියං, චක‍්ඛුන්‍ද්‍රියෙ සංවරං ආපඛ‍ජ‍්ජති

     54. Kathañca Ambaṭṭha bhikkhu indriyesu guttadvāro hoti? Idha Ambaṭṭha bhikkhu cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā na nimittaggāhī hoti nānubyañjanaggāhī. Yatvādhikaraṇametaṃ cakkhundriyaṃ asaṃvutaṃ viharantaṃ abhijjhādomanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṃ tassa saṃvarāya paṭipajjati rakkhati cakkhundriyaṃ, cakkhundriye saṃvaraṃ āpajjati.

     54. And how, Ambattha, is the Bhikshu guarded as to the doors of his senses? When, Ambattha, he sees an object with his eye he is not entranced in the general appearance or the details of it. He sets himself to restrain that which might give occasion for evil states, covetousness and dejection, to flow in over him so long as he dwells unrestrained as to his sense of sight. He keeps watch upon his faculty of sight, and in the faculty he undergoes restraint.

2. to shut
3. to cover

Conjugation

Conjugation of "saṃvarati"

	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	saṃvarāmi	saṃvarāma
2nd	saṃvarasi	saṃvaratha
3rd	saṃvarati	saṃvaranti
Imperative
1st	saṃvarāmi	saṃvarāma
2nd	saṃvara or saṃvarāhi	saṃvaratha
3rd	saṃvaratu	saṃvarantu
Optative
1st	saṃvareyyāmi or saṃvareyyaṃ or saṃvare	saṃvareyyāma
2nd	saṃvareyyāsi or saṃvare	saṃvareyyātha
3rd	saṃvareyya or saṃvare	saṃvareyyuṃ

• Present active participle: saṃvarant, which see for forms and usage
• Past participle: saṃvuta, which see for forms and meaning

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/pali_query.py?qs=

• vuṇāti&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact *vuṇāti]”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead