Pāli Dictionary

ambaṭṭha

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Ambaṭṭha, a young Brahman and pupil of Pokkharasādi, featured in the Ambaṭṭhasutta (DN 3)

  • DN 3

    bhūtapubbaṃ, ambaṭṭha, rājā okkāko yā sā mah'esī piyā manāpā, tassā puttassa rajjaṃ pariṇāmetu'kāmo jeṭṭhakumāre raṭṭhasmā pabbājesi, okkāmukhaṃ karakaṇḍaṃ hatthinikaṃ sinisūraṃ.

  • the Ambaṭṭha clan or lineage; a member of this Brahmanical clan

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Ambaṭṭha
Person

  • A young brahmin of the Ambaṭṭha clan, pupil of the brahmin Pokkharasāti, whose insulting visit to the Buddha and subsequent instruction on caste and virtue are recorded in the Ambaṭṭha Sutta.

DN 3
Ambaṭṭha2
Person

  • A king of old at whose court Rāhula’s mother, in one of her earlier lives, served as a handmaid before being reborn as a queen of Bārāṇasī.

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