Pāli Dictionary

accuta1

aprefixcuroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

cu1shift; fall away; die

Synonyms

dhuva, sassata, sanantana

Antonyms

cuta

doctrine

  • not fallen away; everlasting, eternal, imperishable (epithet of Nibbāna)

  • Ja 294

    ko'yaṃ bindussaro vaggu, saravantānam'uttamo, accuto jambusākhāya, moracchāpo'va kūjati.

  • SN 22.95

    jaheyya sabbasaṃyogaṃ, kareyya saraṇ'attano, careyy'ādittasīso'va, patthayaṃ accutaṃ padan'ti.

accuta2

accutastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • Accuta, name of a privately awakened Buddha (paccekabuddha)

  • MN 116

    ketumbharāgo ca mātaṅgo ariyo, ath'accuto accutagāmabyāmako, sumaṅgalo dabbilo supatiṭṭhito, asayho khem'ābhirato ca sorato.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Accuta
Person

  • A wealthy treasurer and chief lay disciple of the Buddha Kakusandha, who built a monastery of golden bricks on the very spot where Anāthapiṇḍika would later build the Jetavana monastery.

Accuta2
Person

  • A Pacceka Buddha named in a list of such Buddhas.

MN 116
Accuta3
Person

  • A black-toothed, matted-haired hermit of the Vaṅka forest who directed Jūjaka to Vessantara’s dwelling, and who is identified as a former birth of Sāriputta.

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