Pāli Dictionary

āmagandha

āmastemgandhastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Antonyms


general

  • 生肉的腥气;腐肉臭味(亦喻指道德的污秽)

  • 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

  • 喜马拉雅山麓一位率五百素食弟子修行的婆罗门苦行者,曾向佛陀请教“腥臭”的真义,得知其所指并非鱼肉而是恶行。

  • 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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