Pāli Dictionary

ānaka

approximate

āprefixñārootakasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ñā5

Synonyms


general

  • 軍鼓;一種半球形銅鼓(只敲一端)

  • a kind of kettledrum (military drum), beaten only at one end

  • SN 20.7

    bhūtapubbaṃ, bhikkhave, dasārahānaṃ ānako nāma mudiṅgo ahosi. tassa dasārahā ānake ghaṭite aññaṃ āṇiṃ odahiṃsu.

Encyclopedia

Ānaka
Otherapproximate
  • 屬於十車族(Dasārahas)的一面小鼓,傳說以神話中金蟹的一隻螯製成,歷經反覆換釘修補,最終原始材料已蕩然無存。

  • A kettle-drum belonging to the Dasāraha clan, said in legend to have been fashioned from the claw of the mythical Golden Crab and gradually rebuilt peg by peg until none of its original material remained.

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