The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Sabba (adj.) [Vedic sarva=Av. haurva (complete); Gr. o(/los ("holo -- caust") whole; Lat. solidus & soldus
"solid," perhaps also Lat. salvus safe] whole, entire; all, every D i.4; S iv.15; Vin i.5; It 3; Nd2 s. v., nom.
pl. sabbe Sn 66; gen. pl. sabbesa' Sn 1030. -- nt. sabba' the (whole) world of sense -- experience S iv.15,
cp. M i.3. -- At Vism 310 "sabbe" is defined as "anavasesa -- pariy!d!na'." In compn with superlative
expressions sabba˚ has the meaning of "(best) of all," quite, very, nothing but, all round; entirely: ˚b!la the
greatest fool D i.59; ˚pa&hama the very first, right in front PvA 56; ˚sova**a nothing but gold Pv i.21;
ii.911; ˚kani&&ha the very youngest PvA iii; ˚atthaka in every way useful; ˚sang!hika thoroughly
comprehensive SnA 304. -- In connection with numerals sabba˚ has the distributive sense of "of each," i. e.
so & so many things of each kind, like ˚catukka (with four of each, said of a gift or sacrifice) J iii.44; DhA
iii.3; ˚a&&haka (d!na) (a gift consisting of 8 X 8 things) Miln 291. See detail under a&&ha B 1. a. -- ˚so)asaka
(of 16 each) DhA iii.3; ˚sata (of 100 each) DhA ii.6. -- Cases adverbially: instr. sabbena sabba' altogether
all, i. e. with everything [cp. BSk. sarvena sarva' Divy 39, 144, 270; 502] D ii.57; PvA 130; 131. -- abl.
sabbato "all round," in every respect Pv i.111; J vi.76; & sabbaso altogether, throughout D i.34; Sn 288; Dh
265; PvA 119; Nd1 421; DhA iv.100. -- Derivations: 1. sabbattha everywhere, under all circumstances S
i.134; Dh 83; Sn 269; Nd 133; PvA 1, 18, 107; VbhA 372 sq. ˚ka' everywhere J i.15, 176, 172; D!&h v.57. -
- 2. sabbath! in every way; sabbath! sabba' completely D ii.57; S iv.167. -- 3. sabbad! always Sn 174, 197,
536; Dh 202; Pv i.91 (=sabbak!la! C.); i.1014 (id.). sabbad! -- cana always It 36. -- 4. sabbadhi (fr. Sk.
*sarvadha=vic!vadha, Weber, Ind. Str. iii.392) everywhere, in every respect D i.251; ii.186; Sn 176; Dh 90;
also sabbadh" Sn 952, 1034; Vin i.38; VbhA 377; Vism 308 (=sabbattha); Nd1 441, 443.
-- 681 --
-- atthaka concerned with everything, a do -- all J ii.30; 74; DhA ii.151 (mah!matta). -- profitable to all
Miln 373 (T. &&h). of kamma&&h!na SnA ii.54; Vism 97. -- atthika always useful Miln 153. -- âbhibh(
conquering all Sn 211; Vin i.8. -- otuka corresponding to all the seasons D ii.179; Pv iv.122; Sdhp 248. --
kammika (amacca) (a minister) doing all work Vism 130. -- k!la' always: see sad!. -- ghasa all --
devouring J i.288. -- ji all -- conquering S iv.83. -- (ñ)jaha abandoning everything S ii.284; Sn 211; Dh
353=Vin i.8. -- ññu omniscient M i.482; ii.31, 126; A i.220; Miln 74; VbhA 50; SnA 229, 424, 585; J i.214;
335; ˚t! (f.) omniscience Pug 14; 70; J i.2, 14; Nett 61, 103; also written sabbaññ(t!; sabbaññut! -- ñ!*a
(nt.) omniscience Nett 103; DA i.99; VbhA 197. Also written sabbaññ(˚, thus J i.75; -- dass!vin one who
sees (i.e. knows) everything M i.92. -- byoh!ra business, intercourse Ud 65; see sa'voh!ra. -- bhumma
universal monarch J vi.45. -- vid( all wise Sn 177, 211; Vin i.8; Dh 353. -- sa'haraka a kind of perfume
"eau de mille fleurs" J vi.336. -- s!dh!ra*a common to all J i.301 sq.
Sabbatthat!
Sabbatthat! the state of being everywhere; sabbatthat!ya on the whole D i.251; ii.187; M i.38; S iv.296; A
iii.225; v.299, 344. Expld at Vism 308 (with tt).
Sabbassa
Sabbassa (nt.) [sarvasva] the whole of one's property J iii.105; v.100 (read: sabbasa' v! pan'assa haranti); ˚
-- hara*a (nt.) confiscation of one's property J iii.105; v.246 (v. l.); sabbassahara*ada*.a (m.) the same J
iv.204 (so read instead of sabbappahara*a). At some passages sabba (nt.) "all," seems to be used in the
same sense, esp. gen. sabbassa -- e. g. J iii.50; iv.19; v.324.
Sabb!vant
Sabb!vant (adj.) [cp. BSk. sarv!vant Divy 294, 298, 352] all, entire D i.73, 251; iii.224; A iii.27; v.299 sq.,
344 sq.
Sabbha