Pāli Dictionary

ādicca

aditistemyasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms


cosmology

  • 太陽;日天(太陽神)

  • 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
  • 太陽の異名であり、アディティの子を意味すると説明され、また釈迦族王家の氏族名でもある。

  • 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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