Pāli Dictionary

assaka

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Part of speech

adjective

Antonyms

saka

general

  • having nothing of one’s own; destitute; possessionless, without ownership

  • AN 6.57

    seyyathā'pi, ānanda, puriso daliddo assako anāḷhiko, tassa akāmakassa bilaṃ olaggeyyuṃ, idaṃ te, ambho purisa, maṃsañ'ca khāditabbaṃ, mūlañ'ca anuppadātabban'ti.

  • MN 82

    assako loko, sabbaṃ pahāya gamanīyan'ti kho, mahārāja, tena bhagavatā jānatā passatā arahatā sammāsambuddhena tatiyo dhamm'uddeso uddiṭṭho, yam'ahaṃ ñatvā ca disvā sutvā ca agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Assaka
Person

  • A king named in a list in the Nimi Jātaka among rulers whose great sacrifices still failed to save them from rebirth in the realm of hungry ghosts.

Assaka2
Person

  • King of Potanagara, ruling shortly after the Buddha’s death, father of Sujāta, who bequeathed his kingdom to the son of his younger wife.

Assaka3
Place

  • One of the sixteen great nations of the Buddha’s era, with settlements on the Godāvarī river and a capital known as Potana or Potali.

AN 3.70

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