Pāli Dictionary

aloma

approximate

aprefixlomastem

Part of speech

adjective


general

  • sans poils, glabre

  • hairless; not hairy

  • Ja 389

    siṅgīmigo āyatacakkhunetto, aṭṭhittaco vārisayo alomo, ten'ābhibhūto kapaṇaṃ rudāmi, hare sakhā kissa nu maṃ jahāsi.

Encyclopedia

Alomā
Person
  • Une pauvre femme de Bārāṇasī qui, n’ayant rien d’autre à offrir, donna au Bouddha, alors qu’il passait pour sa tournée d’aumônes, un peu de viande séchée sans sel avec un cœur dévot, et qui, se remémorant constamment son don, renaquit dans un palais du Tāvatiṃsa, où Mahā-Moggallāna entendit son histoire.

  • A poor woman of Bārāṇasī who, having nothing else to offer, gave the Buddha some dried, saltless meat with a devout heart as he passed on his alms round, and who, after constantly recalling her gift, was reborn in a mansion in Tāvatiṃsa, where Mahā-Moggallāna heard her story.

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