Pāli Dictionary

bheri

approximate

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • grand tambour (timbale)

  • a kettledrum, a large drum

  • AN 4.191

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, puriso kusalo bherisaddassa. so addhānamaggappaṭipanno bherisaddaṃ suṇeyya. tassa na h'eva kho assa kaṅkhā vā vimati vā, bherisaddo nu kho, na nu kho bherisaddo'ti! atha kho bherisaddotv'eva niṭṭhaṃ gaccheyya.

  • AN 5.140

    idha, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo saṅgāmagato khamo hoti sattippahārānaṃ asippahārānaṃ usuppahārānaṃ pharasuppahārānaṃ bheripaṇavasaṅkhatiṇavaninnādasaddānaṃ. evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo khantā hoti.

Encyclopedia

Bherī
Person

  • Une ascète qui communiquait avec Mahosadha par signes silencieux, soupçonnée de comploter contre le roi avant d’être innocentée, et identifiée à une vie antérieure d’Uppalavaṇṇā.

  • A female ascetic who communicated with Mahosadha in silent signs, was suspected of conspiring against the king before being cleared, and is identified with a past life of Uppalavaṇṇā.

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