Pāli Dictionary

ājīvaka

āprefixjīvrootakasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

jīv1活

general

  • 邪命外道（阿耆毘迦）；末伽梨拘舍梨所创非佛教苦行教团的成员

  • an Ājīvaka; a naked ascetic belonging to the non-Buddhist renunciant sect founded by Makkhali Gosāla

  • MN 26

    evaṃ vutte, bhikkhave, upako ājīvako hupeyya'p'āvuso'ti

  • AN 6.57

    tatr'idaṃ, bhante, pūraṇena kassapena sukk'ābhijāti paññattā, ājīvakā ājīvakiniyo.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

ajīvakā
  1. ajī

    母山羊

  2. vakāvaka

    狼

najīvakā
  1. na

    不；非；没有（否定小品词；复合词中亦作否定前缀）

  2. jīvakājīvaka

    耆婆（童子迦）；佛陀的御医，杰出在家弟子

Encyclopedia

Ājīvakā
Otherapproximate

  • 一支追随 Makkhali Gosāla 的裸形苦行教派，奉行严格的饮食与行为戒律，佛教典籍将其视为当时诸外道中成效最差者之一。

  • A sect of naked ascetics who followed Makkhali Gosāla and observed a strict code of rules on food and conduct, regarded in Buddhist texts as among the least effective of the era’s rival teachings.

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