Pāli Dictionary

assalāyana

assalastemāyanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • アッサラーヤナ。出生と種姓について仏陀と論争した若きバラモン学僧（『アッサラーヤナ経』中部93経の主人公）

  • Assalāyana, a young Brahmin who debated the Buddha on caste and purity of birth (subject of the Assalāyana Sutta, MN 93); also name of the father of Mahā Koṭṭhita

  • MN 93

    tena kho pana samayena assalāyano nāma māṇavo sāvatthiyaṃ paṭivasati daharo, vuttasiro, soḷasavass'uddesiko jātiyā, tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū sanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṃ sākkharappabhedānaṃ itihāsapañcamānaṃ, padako, veyyākaraṇo, lok'āyata-mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu anavayo.

Encyclopedia

Assalāyana
Sutta

  • サーヴァッティーの若く博学なバラモンで、仏陀の見解を論駁するよう同輩のバラモンたちに促され、種姓の特権について仏陀と論争したが、仏陀の論証に説得され敬虔な信奉者となった。二人のやり取りを記録した経にも彼の名が付けられている

  • A young and learned brahmin of Sāvatthi who, pressed by fellow brahmins to refute the Buddha’s views, debated him on caste privilege, was persuaded by the Buddha’s arguments, and became a devoted follower; his name is also given to the discourse recording their exchange.

MN 93

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