Pāli Dictionary

asama1

naprefixsamastem

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

appaṭipuggala, appaṭima, asadisa, asamasama, atula, anupama

Antonyms

sama

general

  • 不相等；不相同

  • unequal; not the same; dissimilar

  • 無與倫比；無敵的；無等的

  • 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

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 巴利文獻中多位人物（比丘、國王、居士、轉輪王）及一類天神共用的名

  • 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

naprefixsamastem

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Antonyms

sama

general

  • 不平等；差異

  • inequality; dissimilarity

asati

approximate

asrootasuffixtisuffix

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

Part of speech

verb

Root

as1是；有

general

  • 吃；食用；享用

  • 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

ās1坐

general

  • 坐；居住

  • sits; dwells

Encyclopedia

7 entries

Asama
Person

  • 妙意佛的首座弟子，是佛陀的異母兄弟，與其兄善眼是佛陀初轉法輪的對象。

  • 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
Person

  • 波頭摩佛之父，瞻波國王。

  • The father of Paduma Buddha and king of Campā.

Asama3
Person

  • 波頭摩佛的首席在家護法，可能即其同名的父親。

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

Asama4
Person

  • 一位天子，與多位其他教派的弟子一同拜訪竹林精舍的佛陀時，讚頌了自己的老師富蘭那迦葉。

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

Asamā
Otherapproximate

  • Mahāsamaya Sutta 說法現場出席的一類天神，與雙子夜摩天神並提。

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

DN 20
Asamā2
Personapproximate

  • Paduma 佛之母，Asama 王之妻。

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

Asamā3
Personapproximate

  • Padumuttara 佛的上首女弟子。

  • The chief female disciple of the Buddha Padumuttara.

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