Pāli Dictionary

asama1

approximate

naprefixsamastem

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

appaṭipuggala, appaṭima, asadisa, asamasama, atula, anupama

Antonyms

sama

general

  • unequal; not the same; dissimilar

  • unequalled; matchless; incomparable (in virtue, strength, etc.)

  • MN 56

    santassa bhūripaññassa, mahāpaññassa vītalobhassa, tathāgatassa sugatassa, appaṭipuggalassa asamassa, visāradassa nipuṇassa, bhagavato tassa sāvako'ham'asmi.

  • AN 1.174

    ekapuggalo, bhikkhave, loke uppajjamāno uppajjati adutiyo asahāyo appaṭimo appaṭisamo appaṭibhāgo appaṭipuggalo asamo asamasamo dvipadānaṃ aggo. katamo ekapuggalo?

asama2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • a name borne by several figures in Pali literature (a monk, a king, a lay-supporter, a wheel-turning monarch) and also of a class of devas

  • SN 2.30

    atha kho sambahulā nānātitthiyasāvakā devaputtā asamo ca sahali ca nīko ca ākoṭako ca vegabbhari ca māṇavagāmiyo ca abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ veḷuvanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkamiṃsu

asama3

approximate

naprefixsamastem

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Antonyms

sama

general

  • inequality; dissimilarity

asati

approximate

asrootasuffixtisuffix

via inflected form asāma · 1st person·present plural / 1st person·imperative plural

Part of speech

verb

Root

as1be

general

  • eats; consumes; enjoys; partakes of

āsati

approximate

āsrootasuffix

via inflected form āsāma · 1st person·present plural / 1st person·imperative plural

Part of speech

verb

Root

ās1sit

general

  • sits; dwells

Encyclopedia

7 entries

Asamā
Other

  • A class of devas present at the teaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta, mentioned alongside the Yama twins.

DN 20
Asamā2
Person

  • The mother of the Buddha Paduma and wife of King Asama.

Asamā3
Person

  • The chief female disciple of the Buddha Padumuttara.

Asama
Personapproximate

  • The chief disciple of Sobhita Buddha, the Buddha’s step-brother, to whom together with his brother Sunetta the Buddha taught his first discourse.

Asama2
Personapproximate

  • The father of Paduma Buddha and king of Campā.

Asama3
Personapproximate

  • The chief lay-supporter of Paduma Buddha, probably identical with his father of the same name.

Asama4
Personapproximate

  • A devaputta who, visiting the Buddha at Veḷuvana alongside disciples of various teachers, praised his own teacher Pūraṇa-Kassapa.

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