veramaṇī

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀫𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
  • वेरमणी (Devanagari script)
  • ৰেরমণী (Bengali script)
  • වෙරමණී (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝေရမဏီ or ဝေရမဏဳ or ဝေရမꧣီ (Burmese script)
  • เวรมณี or เวระมะณี (Thai script)
  • ᩅᩮᩁᨾᨱᩦ (Tai Tham script)
  • ເວຣມຓີ or ເວຣະມະຓີ (Lao script)
  • វេរមណី (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇𑄬𑄢𑄟𑄕𑄩 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From viramaṇa (“abstinence”).

Noun

veramaṇī f

  1. abstinence
    • c. 500 BC, Gautama Buddha, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pañcasīlāni; republished in Sangharakshita, Sangharakshita Complete Works, Windhorse Publications, 2019, →ISBN, Appendix: The Five Precepts:
      Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.
      I observe the precept of abstaining from the destruction of life.

Declension

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Descendants
  • → Thai: เวรมณี (wee-rá-má-nii)

References

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

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