อาบัติ(aa-bàt)
Meanings
1NounB2
offense under the Vinaya (Buddhist monastic rule)
A disciplinary offense for Buddhist monks or novices under the Vinaya (e.g., pārājika, saṅghādisesa).
Examples
พระวินัยprá wí-naiพระวินัยprá wí-naiVinaya; monastic disciplineระบุrá-bùระบุrá-bù1[to] specify; state explicitly2[to] identify; pinpointโทษtôhtโทษtôht1punishment; penalty2fault; blame3[to] blame; [to] accuse; [to] fault4excuse me; sorry (set phrase)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsอาบัติaa-bàtอาบัติaa-bàt1offense under the Vinaya (Buddhist monastic rule)2religious transgression; offense (Buddhist context)แต่ละdtàe láแต่ละdtàe lá1each (item considered separately)2each one; each person/thingขั้นkânขั้นkân1step; stair2stage; level; phase3classifier: steps/levels/stages4rank; grade; tierไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveอย่างชัดเจนyàang chát jaynอย่างชัดเจนyàang chát jaynclearly; explicitly
The Vinaya (monastic code) clearly specifies the penalties for each level of offense.
2NounC1
religious transgression; offense (Buddhist context)
A breach of a religious precept or rule, especially in Buddhism.
Examples
การพูดโกหกgaan pôot goh-hòkการพูดโกหกgaan pôot goh-hòklying; telling liesถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1to; toward (recipient/goal)2even; so ... that; to the point that3as far as; concerning (formal)4to; until; up to5[to] arrive; reach6even if; even thoughจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsเรื่องเล็กน้อยrêuuang lék nóiเรื่องเล็กน้อยrêuuang lék nói1trivial matter; minor issue2no big deal; don’t mention itแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ทางธรรมtaang tamทางธรรมtaang tam1the spiritual/religious path2by spiritual/moral meansก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerถือเป็นtĕu bpenถือเป็นtĕu bpen1[to] be considered; be regarded; count as2[to] constitute; amount toอาบัติaa-bàtอาบัติaa-bàt1offense under the Vinaya (Buddhist monastic rule)2religious transgression; offense (Buddhist context)อย่างหนึ่งyàang nèungอย่างหนึ่งyàang nèung1one thing/kind2for one thing; on one hand
Telling a lie, even a small one, is considered a kind of transgression in the context of Dhamma.