adjective whole, entire all, every DN.i.4; SN.iv.15; Vin.i.5; Iti.3; Cnd. s.v., nom pl. sabbe Snp.66; gen. pl. sabbesaṃ Snp.1030
■ nt sabbaṃ the (whole) world of sense-experience SN.iv.15 cp. MN.i.3
■ At Vism.310 “sabbe” is defined as “anavasesa-pariyādānaṃ.” In compound with superlative expressions sabba˚; has the meaning of “(best) of all, quite, very, nothing but, all round; entirely: -bāla the greatest fool DN.i.59; -paṭhama the very first, right in front Pv-a.56; -sovaṇṇa nothing but gold Pv.i.2#1 Pv.ii.9#11; -kaniṭṭha the very youngest Pv-a iii; -atthaka in every way useful; -saṅgāhika thoroughly comprehensive Snp-a.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) Ja.iii.44; Dhp-a.iii.3; -aṭṭhaka (dāna) (a gift consisting of 8 × 8 things) Mil.291. See detail under aṭṭha B 1.a
■ -soḷasaka (of 16 each Dhp-a.iii.3; -sata (of 100 each) Dhp-a.ii.6
■ Cases adverbially: instr. sabbena sabbaṃ altogether all, i.e. with everything [cp. BSk. sarvena sarvaṃ Divy.39, Divy.144 Divy.270; Divy.502] DN.ii.57; Pv-a.130; Pv-a.131
■ abl. sabbato “all round,” in every respect Pv.i.11#1; Ja.vi.76; & sabbaso altogether, throughout DN.i.34; Snp.288; Dhp.265; Pv-a.119; Mnd.421; Dhp-a.iv.100
■ Derivations:
- sabbattha everywhere, under all circumstances SN.i.134; Dhp.83; Snp.269; Nd.133; Pv-a.1, Pv-a.18, Pv-a.107; Vb-a.372 sq. -kaṃ everywhere Ja.i.15, Ja.i.176, Ja.i.172; Dāṭh Ja.v.57.
- sabbathā in every way; sabbathā sabbaṃ completely DN.ii.57; SN.iv.167.
- sabbadā always Snp.174, Snp.197 Snp.536; Dhp.202; Pv.i.9#1 (= sabbakālaṃ C.);
In the wild
- Sabbā Dhammapada 154 (dhp154:3)
- Sabbā Dhammapada 54 (dhp54:4)
- sabbā Digha Nikaya 14 (dn14:1.29.1)
- sabbaṁ Digha Nikaya 14 (dn14:3.11.7)
- sabbaṁ Digha Nikaya 14 (dn14:3.15.7)
- sabbaṁ Digha Nikaya 14 (dn14:3.19.7)
6 of 145 attestations shown.
Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.