Pāli Dictionary

aṅga1

añjrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

añj8distinguish

general

  • part of the body; limb; member

  • SN 35.240

    kummova aṅgāni sake kapāle, samodahaṃ bhikkhu manovitakke

  • part; component; section; constituent (of an object or a whole)

  • factor; constituent; quality; attribute (as in the factors of absorption, of the path, of stream-entry)

  • AN 8.13

    aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgato rañño bhaddo assājānīyo

  • AN 10.8

    saddho ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu hoti, no ca sīlavā. evaṃ so ten'aṅgena aparipūro hoti. tena taṃ aṅgaṃ paripūretabbaṃ, kin't'āhaṃ saddho ca assaṃ, sīlavā cā'ti!

  • prognostication from bodily marks; divination by reading the limbs (aṅgavijjā)

  • DN 1

    aṅgaṃ nimittaṃ uppātaṃ supinaṃ lakkhaṇaṃ

monastic

  • (monastic) undertaking; observance; ascetic practice (as in āraññikaṅga, the forest-dweller’s practice)

aṅga2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Aṅga; name of a country, one of the sixteen great nations (mahājanapada), with its capital at Campā; (plural) its people

  • Thag 13.1

    yāhu raṭṭhe samukkaṭṭho, rañño aṅgassa paddhagū

aṅga3

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Aṅga; name of a paccekabuddha (listed in the Isigili discourse)

  • MN 116

    aṅgo ca paṅgo ca guttijito ca

aṅga4

Part of speech

indeclinable

general

  • (emphatic particle expressing irony or impatience) indeed!; oh!; (kim aṅga pana) how much more, how much less

aṅgā

approximate

aṅgastemāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

añj8distinguish

general

  • the people of Aṅga; the Aṅgans (inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Aṅga, roughly modern Bengal)

  • DN 19

    mithilā ca videhānaṃ, campā aṅgesu māpitā, bārāṇasī ca kāsīnaṃ, ete govindamāpitāti.

  • SN 48.50

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā aṅgesu viharati āpaṇaṃ nāma aṅgānaṃ nigamo.

Encyclopedia

5 entries

Aṅga
Other

  • One of the sixteen great countries of ancient India, lying east of Magadha with its capital at Campā, which in the Buddha’s time had become subject to Magadha’s rule.

MN 39AN 3.70Thag 5.9
Aṅga2
Person

  • A king of Bārāṇasī whose feet were covered in hair, who retired to the Himalayas to tend a sacred fire on brahminical advice, the runoff of his sacrifices giving rise to great rivers including the Gaṅgā.

Aṅga3
Person

  • A king of Aṅga who waged constant war against Magadha until the Magadhan king, aided by the nāga king Campeyya, conquered Aṅga and killed him.

Aṅga4
Text

  • One of the Pacceka Buddhas named in the list given in the Apadāna commentary.

MN 116
Aṅgā
Textapproximate

  • The chieftains of Aṅga, so named according to the Dīghanikāya Commentary for the beauty of their limbs, whose name came to denote their country.

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