Pāli Dictionary

aloma

aprefixlomastem

Part of speech

adjective


general

  • 无毛的;不长毛的

  • hairless; not hairy

  • Ja 389

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

Encyclopedia

Alomā
Personapproximate
  • 波罗奈的一位贫苦妇人,身无长物,见佛陀托钵经过,便以虔诚之心供养一些干瘪无盐的肉干;她常忆念此事,死后转生忉利天宫,大目犍连在那里听闻了她的故事。

  • 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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