Pāli Dictionary

bimbisāra

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 頻婆娑羅；瓶沙王；摩揭陀國國王，佛陀的著名護法

  • Bimbisāra; king of Magadha and a prominent patron of the Buddha

  • MN 13

    na kho, āvuso gotama, sukhena sukhaṃ adhigantabbaṃ, dukkhena kho sukhaṃ adhigantabbaṃ. sukhena c'āvuso gotama, sukhaṃ adhigantabbaṃ abhavissa, rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro sukhaṃ adhigaccheyya, rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro sukhavihāritaro āyasmatā gotamenā'ti.

Encyclopedia

Bimbisāra
Person

  • 摩揭陀國王，十五歲即位，在王舍城在位五十二年，佛陀出家後二人在般荼婆山附近相遇，此後成為佛陀最重要的護法國王之一。

  • King of Magadha who ascended the throne at fifteen and reigned in Rājagaha for fifty-two years, becoming one of the Buddha’s foremost royal patrons after their meeting near the Paṇḍava hill following the Buddha’s renunciation.

MN 14MN 86Snp 3.1Ud 2.2Thag 9.1

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