Pāli Dictionary

baka1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 鹤；鹭（涉水鸟）

  • a crane; heron

baka2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 婆迦梵天（一位持常见邪见的梵天，见《婆迦梵天经》）

  • Baka — name of a Brahmā deity

  • MN 49

    tena kho pana, bhikkhave, samayena bakassa brahmuno evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ hoti, idaṃ niccaṃ, idaṃ dhuvaṃ, idaṃ sassataṃ, idaṃ kevalaṃ, idaṃ acavanadhammaṃ, idañ'hi na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati, ito ca pan'aññaṃ uttari nissaraṇaṃ n'atthī'ti.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Baka
Person

  • 一位梵天，误以为自己所处的世界恒常不灭，佛陀前往点化，以神通降伏其固执，并追述佛陀前生为苦行者 Kesava 时的几段往事作为教诫。

  • A Brahmā deity who wrongly believed the world he inhabited to be permanent and free from death, until the Buddha visited him, overcame his obstinacy through a display of supernormal power, and recounted incidents from his own past life as the ascetic Kesava.

Baka2
Person

  • 菩萨化身为波罗奈国王，其事迹见于 Pañcapāpā 条目。

  • The Bodhisatta as a king of Bārāṇasī, whose story is told under Pañcapāpā.

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