Pāli Dictionary

arindama

aristemdamaroot

Part of speech

adjective


general

  • tamer of enemies; conqueror, victor (used as an epithet, esp. of kings)

Encyclopedia

6 entries

Arindama
Person
  • The Bodhisatta born as King of Bārāṇasī, who eventually renounced his throne to become an ascetic after being moved by his old friend Sonaka, who had become a Pacceka Buddha.

Arindama2
Person
  • A king in the time of Sumana Buddha who led disputants on the question of cessation to the Buddha, all of whom attained Arahantship after hearing his teaching.

Arindama3
Person
  • King of Uttara, who hosted a great almsgiving for Revata Buddha and heard him teach, on which occasion a billion beings realised the Truth.

Arindama4
Person
  • A king of forty-one world-cycles ago, a previous birth of the elder Sanniṭṭhāpaka.

Arindama5
Person
  • King of Haṃsavatī whose lost wealth was restored by his treasurer, a former life of Jatukaṇṇi, through a gift of the seven kinds of jewels.

  • A name given to the wheel treasure (cakkaratana) of a Universal Monarch, because it subdues all his enemies.

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