Pāli Dictionary

candima1

approximate

candrootimasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

cand1輝き；明るくなってください

Synonyms

mā, canda

cosmology

  • 月

  • the moon

  • Dhp 208

    tasmā hi dhīrañ'ca paññañ'ca bahussutañ'ca, dhorayhasīlaṃ vatavantam'ariyaṃ, taṃ tādisaṃ sappurisaṃ sumedhaṃ, bhajetha nakkhattapathaṃ'va candimā.

  • Dhp 172

    yo ca pubbe pamajjitvā, pacchā so nappamajjati, so'maṃ lokaṃ pabhāseti, abbhā mutto'va candimā.

candima2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 月に住む神の名（チャンディマー天子）

  • name of a deity who dwells in the moon (Candimā devaputta)

  • SN 2.9

    tena kho pana samayena candimā devaputto rāhunā asur'indena gahito hoti. atha kho candimā devaputto bhagavantaṃ anussaramāno tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi

candimas

candrootimassuffix

via inflected form candimā · nominative plural / ablative singular / vocative singular · plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

cand1輝き；明るくなってください

Synonyms

soma

cosmology

  • 月；月天（月の神）

  • the moon; the moon deity

  • MN 86

    yo pubb'eva pamajjitvā, pacchā so nappamajjati, so'maṃ lokaṃ pabhāseti, abbhā mutto'va candimā.

candimant

candrootimantsuffix

via inflected form candimā · nominative singular · plural / vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

cand1輝き；明るくなってください

general

  • 輝く；（月のように）明るい

  • bright; luminous (like the moon)

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Candimā
Person

  • 月を天界の住処とし、子を望む者たちが祈願する神で、アスラのラーフに捕らえられ呑まれそうになった際、かつてブッダが救出した。

  • 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.

Candimā2
Other

  • 王オッカーカの子孫の一人。

  • One of the descendants of King Okkāka.

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