Pāli Dictionary

baka1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 鶴；鷺（涉水鳥）

  • a crane; heron

baka2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 婆迦梵天（一位持常見邪見的梵天，見《婆迦梵天經》）

  • 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，誤以為自己所處的世界恆常不滅，佛陀前往點化，以神通降伏其固執，並追述佛陀前生為苦行者 Kesava 時的幾段往事作為教誡。

  • 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

  • 菩薩化身為波羅奈國王，其事蹟見於 Pañcapāpā 條目。

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

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