Pāli Dictionary

bāvarī

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 婆婆离：一位婆罗门苦行者，居于哥达瓦利河畔，是《经集·彼岸道品》中十六位弟子的老师。

  • Bāvarī: a brahmin ascetic, teacher of the sixteen students whose questions to the Buddha form the Pārāyana-vagga of the Sutta Nipāta.

  • Snp 5.1

    tam'enaṃ bāvarī disvā, āsanena nimantayi, sukhañ'ca kusalaṃ pucchi, idaṃ vacanam'abravi.

Encyclopedia

Bāvarī
Person

  • 居住在哥达婆利河畔的婆罗门苦行者，闻知佛陀出世后，派遣十六位弟子前往舍卫城考验其是否真为佛陀。

  • A brahmin ascetic living on the banks of the Godhāvarī who, on hearing of the Buddha’s appearance in the world, sent sixteen pupils to Sāvatthi to test his claim to Buddhahood.

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