Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · feminine
Root
cand1glow; be bright
general
Candā, an Arahant nun who, after a life of poverty, was taught by Paṭācāra and attained Arahantship (Therīgāthā)
Thig 5.12
itthaṃ sudaṃ candā therī gāthaṃ abhāsitthā'ti.
cosmology
the moon
Dhp 413
candaṃ'va vimalaṃ suddhaṃ, vippasannam'anāvilaṃ, nandībhavaparikkhīṇaṃ, tam'ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ.
SN 2.9
tathāgataṃ arahantaṃ, candimā saraṇaṃ gato, rāhu candaṃ pamuñcassu, buddhā lok'ānukampakā'ti.
Canda, the moon deity (personification of the moon)
Thig 5.5
aggiṃ candañ'ca sūriyañ'ca, devatā ca namassi'haṃ, nadītitthāni gantvāna, udakaṃ oruhāmi'haṃ.
Part of speech
adjective
Root
caṇḍ1be fierce, be violent
Synonyms
general
fierce; violent; savage; hostile; passionate
MN 2
katame ca, bhikkhave, āsavā parivajjanā pahātabbā? idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu paṭisaṅkhā yoniso caṇḍaṃ hatthiṃ parivajjeti, caṇḍaṃ assaṃ parivajjeti, caṇḍaṃ goṇaṃ parivajjeti, caṇḍaṃ kukkuraṃ parivajjeti
SN 35.88
caṇḍā kho, puṇṇa, sunāparantakā manussā, pharusā kho, puṇṇa, sunāparantakā manussā. sace taṃ, puṇṇa, sunāparantakā manussā akkosissanti paribhāsissanti, tatra te, puṇṇa, kin'ti bhavissatī'ti?
caṇḍa2
approximatecaṇḍastem
Part of speech
noun · masculine
general
Caṇḍa, name of a chieftain
SN 42.1
evaṃ vutte, caṇḍo gāmaṇi bhagavantaṃ etadavoca, abhikkantaṃ, bhante, abhikkantaṃ, bhante!
Encyclopedia
24 entries
Candā
PersonWife of Sudinna and mother of Piyadassī Buddha, also called Sucandā in the Buddhavaṃsa.
Candā2
PersonOne of the two chief female disciples of Vipassī Buddha.
Candā3
PersonA kinnarī, wife of the Bodhisatta Canda, whose story is told in the Candakinnara Jātaka; also called Candī.
Candā4
PersonWife of King Mahāpatāpa of Bārāṇasī and mother of Dhammapāla, identified with Mahā Pajāpatī Gotamī, her story told in the Cūḷa Dhammapāla Jātaka.
Candā5
PersonDaughter of the Madda king and chief consort of the Bārāṇasī ruler, mother of Mūgapakkha (Temiya), her story told in the Mūgapakkha Jātaka.
Candā6
PersonChief consort of Candakumāra and daughter of the Pañcāla king, whose act of truth saved her husband from death; identified with Rāhula’s mother.
Candā7
OtherChief consort of Sutasoma, identified with Rāhula’s mother.
Candā8
PersonAn arahant who, orphaned and impoverished after her brahmin family died in a plague, was fed and taught by Paṭācāra after begging from door to door, and soon renounced the world and attained Arahantship.
Candā9
PersonA kinnarī-maiden whom King Brahmadatta fell in love with, favouring her over his own wife Asitābhū.
A king who was one of the chief lay supporters of the Buddha Koṇḍañña.
The chief lay supporter of the Buddha Sikhī, though the commentary calls him Nanda instead.
One of the palaces occupied by the Buddha Sumana during his last life as a layman.
The son of a wealthy brahmin named Sucindara, who together with his friend Subhadda attained Arahantship at the first assembly of the Buddha Koṇḍañña.
The moon, regarded as a deva; also known as Candimā.
The Bodhisatta in a past life as a kinnara, whose story of ill-fated love has its own dedicated Jātaka.
A mountain in the Himalayas, home to a kinnara and his wife, elsewhere called Candaka or Candapassa.
A brahmin, the father of Vidhurapaṇḍita.
Another of the palaces occupied by the Buddha Sumana during his last life as a layman.
A younger brother of Sāriputta who joined the monastic Order.
The son of the brahmin Paṇḍula, who later became chaplain to King Paṇḍukābhaya.
A cross-reference to Candakumāra.
A headman of Sāvatthi to whom the Buddha explained why some people are called wrathful and others kindly, according to whether they yield to passion and resentment.
Another name for Pañcālacaṇḍa.
The deity whose celestial abode is the moon, invoked by those desiring children, whom the Buddha once rescued when the asura Rāhu seized and threatened to swallow him.
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