Pāli Dictionary

cīra

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • 樹皮の繊維、樹皮で作った衣服

  • 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.

cira

approximate

Part of speech

adjective

Antonyms

nacira, acira

general

  • 長い；長続きする；（名詞・副詞として）長時間、長く

  • 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.

Encyclopedia

Cīrā
Personapproximate

  • 七歳の沙弥尼で阿羅漢であった者で、仏陀が双神変を行う必要がないよう、Sineru と世界の山々を運んでくるという奇跡を自ら行うと申し出た

  • 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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