Pāli Dictionary

atthadassī

atthastemdassīstem

Part of speech

adjective

doctrine

  • seeing the goal; discerning the truth; intent upon what is beneficial

  • Thag 1.4

    sabbhi'r'eva samāsetha, paṇḍiteh'atthadassibhi, atthaṃ mahantaṃ gambhīraṃ, duddasaṃ nipuṇaṃ aṇuṃ, dhīrā samadhigacchanti, appamattā vicakkhaṇā'ti.

Encyclopedia

5 entries

Atthadassī
Person

  • A cross-reference to Atthadassī Buddha, the fourteenth of the twenty-four Buddhas.

Atthadassī2
Person

  • A Sri Lankan elder, likely of the Mahāvihāra, who was among those who requested the compilation of the Jātaka commentary.

Atthadassī3
Other

  • One of the legendary kings of Kapilavatthu.

Atthadassī4
Person

  • A Sri Lankan elder thought by some to be the author of the medical treatise Bhesajjamañjūsā and head of the Pañcamūla monastery.

Atthadassī5
Person

  • The fourteenth of the twenty-four Buddhas, born in Sobhana and said to have caused long-lost treasures to be recovered at his birth.

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