Pāli Dictionary

brahmadeva

brahmaprefixdevaroot

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • ブラフマデーヴァ、阿羅漢比丘の名（過去仏の上首弟子の名としても使われる）

  • Brahmadeva, personal name of an arahant monk (also borne by several other figures, incl. chief disciples of past Buddhas)

  • SN 6.3

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena aññatarissā brāhmaṇiyā brahmadevo nāma putto bhagavato santike agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito hoti.

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Brahmadeva
Person

  • レーヴァタ仏の二大弟子の一人。

  • One of the two chief disciples of Revata Buddha.

Brahmadeva2
Person

  • ハンサヴァティーの戦士で、ティッサ仏の初転法輪を聞き、後にその上首弟子となった。

  • A warrior of Haṃsavatī who heard Tissa Buddha’s first sermon and later became his chief disciple.

Brahmadeva3
Person

  • 孤独な阿羅漢となったバラモンの女性の息子で、母親が梵天サハンパティに説得され、梵天神ではなく彼に慣例の供物を捧げるようになった。

  • A brahmin woman’s son who became a solitary Arahant, and to whom his mother was persuaded by the Brahmā Sahampati to give her customary offering instead of to the god Brahmā.

Brahmadeva4
Person

  • 未来仏メッテイヤの上首弟子。

  • A chief disciple of the future Buddha Metteyya.

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