vinaya

See also: Vinay

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Pali vinaya.

Noun

vinaya (uncountable)

1. (Buddhism) The rules that regulate Buddhist monastic life.

Translations

Buddhist monastic rules

• Burmese: ဝိနည်း (my) (wi.nany:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 律藏

• Japanese: 阿毘達磨 (Ritsuzō)
• Khmer: វិន័យ (pinɨy)
• Mon: ဝိနဲ
• Pali: vinaya m
• Sanskrit: विनय (sa) m (vinaya)
• Shan: ဝီႉၼႄး (wḭ̂i náae)
• Thai: วินัย (th) (wí-nai)
• Tibetan: འདུལ་བའི་སྡེ་སྣོད་ ('dul ba'i sde snod)
• Tocharian B: winai ?
• Vietnamese: Luật tạng

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀺𑀦𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• विनय (Devanagari script)
• ৰিনয (Bengali script)
• විනය (Sinhalese script)
• ဝိနယ or ဝိၼယ (Burmese script)
• วินย or วินะยะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩥᨶᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ວິນຍ or ວິນະຍະ or ວິນະຢະ (Lao script)
• វិនយ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄨𑄚𑄠 (Chakma script)

Etymology

vi- +‎ nī (root) +‎ -a

Noun

vinaya m

1. removal
2. (logic) rule, terminology
3. norm of conduct
4. the code of monastic discipline

Declension

Declension table of "vinaya" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vinayo	vinayā
Accusative (second)	vinayaṃ	vinaye
Instrumental (third)	vinayena	vinayehi or vinayebhi
Dative (fourth)	vinayassa or vinayāya or vinayatthaṃ	vinayānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vinayasmā or vinayamhā or vinayā	vinayehi or vinayebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vinayassa	vinayānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vinayasmiṃ or vinayamhi or vinaye	vinayesu
Vocative (calling)	vinaya	vinayā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vinaya”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 575.