vadhati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀥𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• वधति (Devanagari script)
• ৰধতি (Bengali script)
• වධති (Sinhalese script)
• ဝဓတိ or ဝꩪတိ (Burmese script)
• วธติ or วะธะติ (Thai script)
• ᩅᨵᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ວຘຕິ or ວະຘະຕິ (Lao script)
• វធតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄙𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

vadhati (root vadh, first conjugation)

1. to strike, to punish
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     3. අක‍්කොච‍්ඡි මං අවධි මං අජිනි මං අහාසි මෙ
     යෙ තං උපනය‍්හන‍්ති වෙරං තෙසං න සම‍්මති

     3. akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ ajini maṃ ahāsi me
     ye taṃ upanayhanti veraṃ tesaṃ na sammati

     He abused me, he struck me, he defeated me, he robbed me.
     Hatred does not subside for those who nurse grudges thus.

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

2. to kill

Conjugation

Conjugation of "vadhati"

	Active		Middle
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	vadhāmi	vadhāma
2nd	vadhasi	vadhatha
3rd	vadhati	vadhanti
Imperative
1st	vadhāmi	vadhāma
2nd	vadha or vadhāhi	vadhatha	vadhassu
3rd	vadhatu	vadhantu
Optative
1st	vadheyyāmi or vadheyyaṃ or vadhe	vadheyyāma	vadheyyaṃ	vadheyyāmhe
2nd	vadheyyāsi or vadhe	vadheyyātha	vadhetho	vadheyyavho
3rd	vadheyya or vadhe	vadheyyuṃ	vadhetha	vadheraṃ
Aorist
1st	avadhiṃ or vadhiṃ	avadhimha or vadhimha
2nd	avadhi or vadhi	avadhittha or vadhittha
3rd	avadhi or vadhi	avadhiṃsu or vadhiṃsu

• Present active participle: vadhant, which see for forms and usage

Adjective

vadhati

1. masculine/neuter locative singular of vadhant, present participle of the verb above