Pāli Dictionary

amara

aprefixmarrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

mar1死

Antonyms

macca

general

  • 不死的；不朽的，永生的；無盡的

  • 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

  • 鰻魚

  • 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

  • 此地名的簡稱；詳見完整名稱的條目。

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

Amara2
Place

  • Siddhattha 佛時代的一座城市；城中兩位身為酋長的兄弟，循著佛陀留下通往附近園林的足跡前往，聞法後證得阿羅漢果。

  • 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

  • 賢者摩訶薩達（大藥）之妻，以其獨居時堅守貞節著稱，後被《彌蘭陀王問經》引作反駁對女性一概而論說法的例證。

  • 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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