Pāli Dictionary

aloma

aprefixlomastem

Part of speech

adjective


general

  • hairless; not hairy

  • Ja 389

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

Encyclopedia

Alomā
Personapproximate
  • 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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