Pāli Dictionary

asitā

asrootitasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

as1être

Synonyms


general

  • faucille

  • sickle

  • Thag 1.43

    sumuttiko sumuttiko sāhu, sumuttiko'mhi tīhi khujjakehi, asitāsu mayā naṅgalāsu, mayā khuddakuddālāsu mayā.

asita1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

si1dépendre; s’associer

Synonyms

Antonyms


doctrine

  • Asita, le sage ayant prédit l’Éveil du Bodhisattva

  • Asita, the sage (Asita Devala) who foretold the Bodhisatta’s future Buddhahood

  • Asita, nom d’un paccekabuddha

  • Asita, name of a paccekabuddha (privately awakened one)

  • Snp 5.6

    anusāsa brahme karuṇāyamāno, vivekadhammaṃ yam'ahaṃ vijaññaṃ, yath'āhaṃ ākāso'va abyāpajjamāno, idh'eva santo asito careyyaṃ.

  • Snp 4.15

    taṃ buddhaṃ asitaṃ tādiṃ, akuhaṃ gaṇim'āgataṃ, bahūnam'idha baddhānaṃ, atthi pañhena āgamaṃ.

asita2

approximate

Part of speech

adjective

Root

as1être


general

  • noir; de couleur sombre

  • black; dark-coloured

  • MN 116

    satthā pavattā sarabhaṅgo lomahaṃso, ucc'aṅgamāyo asito anāsavo, manomayo mānacchido ca bandhumā, tadādhimutto vimalo ca ketumā.

  • détaché; libre; indépendant

  • detached; unattached; independent; free

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Asita
Personapproximate
  • Un sage et chapelain royal des rois Sakya Sīhahanu et Suddhodana qui, apprenant les marques auspicieuses du nouveau-né Siddhattha Gotama, prévit sa future bouddhéité et pleura car il ne vivrait pas assez pour l’entendre enseigner, parfois comparé au Siméon biblique

  • A sage and royal chaplain to the Sakyan kings Sīhahanu and Suddhodana who, on learning of the newborn Siddhattha Gotama’s auspicious marks, foresaw his future Buddhahood and wept because he would not live to hear him teach, sometimes likened to the biblical Simeon.

Snp 3.11
Asita2
Personapproximate
  • Un Bouddha-pacceka mentionné parmi ceux nommés dans les textes

  • A Pacceka Buddha listed among those named in the texts.

MN 116
Asita3
Personapproximate
  • Un fabricant de guirlandes à l’époque du Bouddha Sikhī qui offrit sa guirlande à ce Bouddha, un mérite qui mena à une vie future en tant que roi et, à l’époque actuelle, à une renaissance en tant que moine Sukatāveliya Thera

  • A garland-maker in the time of Sikhī Buddha who offered his garland to that Buddha, a merit that led to a future life as a king and, in the present age, rebirth as the monk Sukatāveliya Thera.

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