Pāli Dictionary

bāvarī

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 婆婆離：一位婆羅門苦行者，居於哥達瓦利河畔，是《經集·彼岸道品》中十六位弟子的老師。

  • 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

  • 居住在哥達婆利河畔的婆羅門苦行者，聞知佛陀出世後，派遣十六位弟子前往舍衛城考驗其是否真為佛陀。

  • 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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