Pāli Dictionary

āmagandha

āmastemgandhastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Antonyms


general

  • 生肉の臭い;腐肉の悪臭(比喩的に道徳的腐敗)

  • odour of raw meat; stench of carrion; smell of rank flesh (also figuratively: moral corruption)

  • Snp 2.2

    pāṇ'ātipāto vadhachedabandhanaṃ, theyyaṃ musāvādo nikativañcanāni ca, ajjhenakuttaṃ paradārasevanā, es'āmagandho na hi maṃsabhojanaṃ.

Encyclopedia

  • ヒマラヤ山麓で菜食主義の弟子五百人を率いたバラモンの苦行者で、「アーマガンダ」の意味を尋ねるため仏陀を訪ね、それが魚や肉ではなく悪行を指すことを知った

  • A brahmin ascetic who led five hundred vegetarian pupils in the Himalayan foothills and sought out the Buddha to ask about the meaning of āmagandha, learning that it referred not to fish or flesh but to evil deeds.

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