Pāli Dictionary

cakkavattī

approximate

cakkaprefixvattīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms


cosmology

  • 转轮王;转轮圣王;宇宙君主

  • universal monarch; emperor; sovereign

  • MN 91

    sace agāraṃ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato. tass'imāni satta ratanāni bhavanti

  • DN 16

    idaṃ kho, ānanda, atthavasaṃ paṭicca rājā cakkavattī thūp'āraho

Encyclopedia

  • 转轮圣王的称号,指以正法而非武力征服、统治四方的世界之王,其象征为转动的法轮(cakka)。

  • The title given to a universal monarch who conquers and governs through righteousness rather than force, symbolized by the turning of the Wheel (cakka).

SN 46.42

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