pāpa

adj. nt.

  1. (adj.) evil, bad, wicked, sinful AN.ii.222 sq. (and compar. pāpatara); Snp.57; Dhp.119 (opp. bhadra) Other compar-superl. forms are pāpiṭṭha SN.v.96 pāpiṭṭhatara Vin.ii.5; pāpiyyasika DN.iii.254. See pāpiya.
  2. unfertile (of soil) SN.iv.315.
  3. (nt. evil, wrong doing, sin Snp.23, Snp.662; Dhp.117 (opp. puñña Dhp.183; Pv.i.6#6; Pv.i.11#2; Pv.iv.1#50; Dhp-a.ii.11
    pp pāpāni Snp.399, Snp.452, Snp.674; Dhp.119, Dhp.265.
  • -iccha having bad wishes or intentions Vin.i.97; DN.iii.246; SN.i.50; SN.ii.156; AN.iii.119, AN.iii.191, AN.iii.219 sq.; AN.iv.1 AN.iv.22, AN.iv.155; AN.v.123 sq.; Snp.133, Snp.280; Iti.85; Cnd.342 Vism.24 (def.); Vb-a.476;
  • -icchatā evil intention AN.iv.160, AN.iv.165; Dhp-a.ii.77.
  • -kamma evil doing, wickedness sin, crime DN.iii.182; Iti.86; Snp.407; Dhp.127 Vism.502; Vb-a.440 sq.; Pv-a.11, Pv-a.25, Pv-a.32, Pv-a.51, Pv-a.84
  • -kammanta evil-doer, villain SN.i.97.
  • -kammin id MN.i.39; Dhp.126.
  • -kara id. Snp.674.
  • -karin id. Dhp.15 Dhp.17.
  • -dassana sinful view Pv.iv.3#55.
  • -dhamma wickedness evil habit Dhp.248, Dhp.307; Pp.37; Dhp-a.iii.4; Pv-a.98; as adj. at Pv-a. 58.
  • -dhammin one of evil character or habits Pv.i.11#7.
  • -parikkhaya decay or destruction of demerit (opp. puñña˚) Pv.ii.6#15.
  • -mitta an evil associate, a bad companion (opp. kalyāṇa˚ MN.i.43, MN.i.470; DN.iii.182.
  • -mittatā bad company, association with wicked people AN.i.13 sq., AN.i.83; AN.iv.160, AN.iv.165; DN.iii.212; Dhs.13, Dhs.27; Vb.359, Vb.369, Vb.371.
  • -saṅkappa evil thought Snp.280.
  • -sīla bad morals Snp.246.
  • -supina an evil dream (opp. bhaddaka) Vism.312; Dhp-a.iii.4.

Vedic pāpa, cp. Lat. patior≈E. passion etc.; Gr. π ̈ημα suffering, evil; ταλαίπωρος suffering evil