Pāli Dictionary

amara

aprefixmarrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

mar1死

Antonyms

macca

general

  • 不死的；不朽的，永生的；无尽的

  • immortal; undying, deathless; unending

  • MN 76

    tatra, sandaka, viññū puriso iti paṭisañcikkhati, ayaṃ kho bhavaṃ satthā mando momūho. so mandattā momūhattā tattha tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭho samāno vācāvikkhepaṃ āpajjati amarāvikkhepaṃ, evan'ti'pi me no, tathā'ti'pi me no, aññathā'ti'pi me no, no'ti'pi me no, no no'ti'pi me no'ti.

  • MN 82

    kandanti naṃ ñātī pakiriya kese, ahovatā no amarā'ti c'āhu, vatthena naṃ pārutaṃ nīharitvā, citaṃ samādhāya tatoḍahanti.

amarā

approximate

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

mar1死

general

  • 鳗鱼

  • an eel

  • MN 76

    tatra, sandaka, viññū puriso iti paṭisañcikkhati, ayaṃ kho bhavaṃ satthā mando momūho. so mandattā momūhattā tattha tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭho samāno vācāvikkhepaṃ āpajjati amarāvikkhepaṃ, evan'ti'pi me no, tathā'ti'pi me no, aññathā'ti'pi me no, no'ti'pi me no, no no'ti'pi me no'ti.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Amara
Other

  • 此地名的简称；详见完整名称的条目。

  • A shortened form of a place name; see the fuller entry under its complete form.

Amara2
Place

  • Siddhattha 佛时代的一座城市；城中两位身为酋长的兄弟，循着佛陀留下通往附近园林的足迹前往，闻法后证得阿罗汉果。

  • A city in the time of Siddhattha Buddha where two brothers who ruled as chiefs, following footprints the Buddha left leading to a nearby pleasance, went there themselves and became Arahants after hearing him teach.

Amarā
Personapproximate

  • 贤者摩诃萨达（大药）之妻，以其独居时坚守贞节著称，后被《弥兰陀王问经》引作反驳对女性一概而论说法的例证。

  • The wise and virtuous wife of the sage Mahosadha, whose fidelity while alone was later cited in the Milindapañha as an example against sweeping claims about women’s nature.

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