Pāli Dictionary

bodhi

budhrootisuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

budh3to know; to wake up

Literal

waking

Synonyms


doctrine

  • awakening; enlightenment; the knowledge of the path attained

  • Ud 1.1

    bodhirukkhamūle paṭhamābhisambuddho

general

  • the Bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa) under which the Buddha awakened

Encyclopedia

7 entries

Bodhi
Person
  • A ruler of Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga country who built the Kokanada palace and invited the Buddha to bless it, though the Buddha would not walk on the carpet laid out, foreseeing he would remain childless.

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Bodhi2
Person
  • One of the eight brahmins who read the auspicious marks at the Buddha’s birth, called Subodhi in the Milindapañha.

Bodhi3
Person
  • The Bodhisatta born as an ascetic named Bodhikumāra, whose story is told in the Cūḷabodhi Jātaka.

Bodhi4
Person
  • The Bodhisatta born as an ascetic also called Mahābodhi, whose story is told in the Mahābodhi Jātaka.

Bodhi5
Person
  • A monk of Sri Lanka at whose request King Silāmeghavanna disciplined the unruly monks of Abhayagiri, and who was subsequently killed by those expelled.

Bodhi6
Person
  • A descendant of Dāṭhopatissa who married a woman named Buddhā and had a daughter named Lokitā.

Bodhi7
Person
  • A general of Mānābharaṇa (II), known by the title Laṅkādhinātha, who was slain in battle.

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