Pāli Dictionary

ādicca

aditistemyasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

sūriya, suriya, pabhaṅkara, verocana, sataraṃsī, divākara, ravi

cosmology

  • die Sonne; die Sonnengottheit

  • the sun; (also) the sun-deity; (as a gotta-name) the Ādicca/solar clan

  • AN 10.176

    no ce haritāni tiṇāni āmaseyyāsi, aggiṃ paricareyyāsi. no ce aggiṃ paricareyyāsi, pañjaliko ādiccaṃ namasseyyāsi

  • Snp 5.12

    bhagavā hi kāme abhibhuyya iriyati, ādicco'va pathaviṃ tejī tejasā, parittapaññassa me bhūripañña, ācikkha dhammaṃ yam'ahaṃ vijaññaṃ, jātijarāya idha vippahānaṃ.

Encyclopedia

Ādicca
Person

  • Ein Beiname der Sonne, erklärt als Sohn der Aditi, zugleich auch der Clanname der Sakya-Königsfamilie.

  • An epithet for the sun, explained as meaning Aditi’s son, and also the clan name of the Sakyan royal family.

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