sapatha
Pali
    
    Alternative forms
    
Alternative forms
- 𑀲𑀧𑀣 (Brahmi script)
- सपथ (Devanagari script)
- সপথ (Bengali script)
- සපථ (Sinhalese script)
- သပထ (Burmese script)
- สปถ or สะปะถะ (Thai script)
- ᩈᨷᨳ (Tai Tham script)
- ສປຖ or ສະປະຖະ (Lao script)
- សបថ (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄛𑄗 (Chakma script)
Noun
    
sapatha m[1]
- an oath
- c. 50 BC, Petavatthu; republished in Prof. Minayeff, Petavatthu, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 6:- 8. Sapathañ ca maṃ kāresi paribhāsāpayi ca maṃ
 sāhaṃ ɡhorañ ca sapathaṃ musāvādaṃ abhāsissaṃ.- 8. She both made me swear an oath and had me reviled. And I myself told a lie under that terrible oath.
 
 
 
Declension
    
Declension table of "sapatha" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural | 
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | sapatho | sapathā | 
| Accusative (second) | sapathaṃ | sapathe | 
| Instrumental (third) | sapathena | sapathehi or sapathebhi | 
| Dative (fourth) | sapathassa or sapathāya or sapathatthaṃ | sapathānaṃ | 
| Ablative (fifth) | sapathasmā or sapathamhā or sapathā | sapathehi or sapathebhi | 
| Genitive (sixth) | sapathassa | sapathānaṃ | 
| Locative (seventh) | sapathasmiṃ or sapathamhi or sapathe | sapathesu | 
| Vocative (calling) | sapatha | sapathā | 
Related terms
    
- sapati (“to swear”)
References
    
- Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 462.
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