Pāli Dictionary

asita1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

si1依；親近

Synonyms

anissita, nirāyattavuttī

Antonyms

sita

doctrine

  • 阿私陀（阿私陀仙人，為悉達多太子占相並預言其將成佛的仙人）

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

  • 阿私陀（一位獨覺佛之名）

  • 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

Part of speech

adjective

Root

as1是；有

general

  • 黑色的；深色的

  • black; dark-coloured

  • MN 116

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

  • 無所依附的；獨立的；解脫的

  • detached; unattached; independent; free

asitā

approximate

asrootitasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

as1是；有

Synonyms

asita, lavitta

general

  • 鐮刀

  • sickle

  • Thag 1.43

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

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Asita
Person

  • 釋迦族國師，先後侍奉 Sīhahanu 王與淨飯王，得知悉達多太子降生並見其瑞相後，預知他將成佛，卻因自知無緣親聞其說法而落淚，有時被比作聖經中的西面。

  • 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
Person

  • 一位辟支佛，見於辟支佛名錄。

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

MN 116
Asita3
Person

  • 屍棄佛住世時的一位花環匠，將花環獻給該佛，此功德使他後來轉生為王，並在當世出家為 Sukatāveliya 長老。

  • 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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