veramaṇī

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 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

Declension table of "veramaṇī" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)veramaṇīveramaṇiyo or veramaṇī
Accusative (second)veramaṇiṃ or veramaṇiyaṃveramaṇiyo or veramaṇī
Instrumental (third)veramaṇiyāveramaṇīhi or veramaṇībhi
Dative (fourth)veramaṇiyāveramaṇīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)veramaṇiyāveramaṇīhi or veramaṇībhi
Genitive (sixth)veramaṇiyāveramaṇīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)veramaṇiyā or veramaṇiyaṃveramaṇīsu
Vocative (calling)veramaṇiveramaṇiyo or veramaṇī

Descendants

  • → Thai: เวรมณี (wee-rá-má-nii)

References

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

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