Pāli Dictionary

cira

approximate

Part of speech

adjective

Antonyms

nacira, acira

general

  • long; qui dure longtemps; (comme nom/adverbe) longtemps, pendant longtemps

  • long; lasting a long time; (as noun/adverb) a long time, for a long time

  • Ud 5.5

    abhikkantā, bhante, ratti, nikkhanto paṭhamo yāmo, ciranisinno bhikkhusaṅgho, uddisatu, bhante, bhagavā bhikkhūnaṃ pātimokkhan'ti

  • MN 105

    seyyathā'pi, sunakkhatta, puriso sakamhā gāmā vā nigamā vā ciravippavuttho assa.

cīra

approximate

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • fibre d’écorce; vêtement fait d’écorce

  • bark, fibre; bark cloth (a garment made of bark)

  • MN 75

    tam'enaṃ aññataro puriso telamalikatena sāhuḷicīrena vañceyya, idaṃ te, ambho purisa, odātaṃ vatthaṃ abhirūpaṃ nimmalaṃ sucī'ti. so taṃ paṭiggaṇheyya, paṭiggahetvā pārupeyya.

Encyclopedia

Cīrā
Person

  • Une novice de sept ans et arahant qui proposa d’accomplir elle-même un miracle - apporter le Sineru et les montagnes du monde - afin que le Bouddha n’ait pas à accomplir le Double Miracle

  • A seven-year-old novice and Arahant who offered to perform a miracle herself — fetching Sineru and the world’s mountains — so the Buddha need not perform the Twin Miracle.

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