Pāli Dictionary

chaddanta1

chaḷprefixdantastem

Part of speech

adjective


general

  • (象)具六牙的

  • (of an elephant) having six tusks

chaddanta2

chaḷprefixdantastem

Part of speech

noun · neuter


cosmology

  • 六牙湖(喜马拉雅山区七大湖之一的名称)

  • Chaddanta, name of a great lake in the Himalayan region

chaddanta3

chaḷprefixdantastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • 六牙象(传说中六牙象族之名,亦为《六牙象本生》中菩萨象王之名)

  • Chaddanta, name of a legendary tribe of six-tusked elephants; also the Bodhisatta elephant-king of the Chaddanta Jātaka

Encyclopedia

4 entries

  • 喜马拉雅山中的一片森林,内有 Mandākinī 湖,Aññāta-Koṇḍañña 尊者曾在此隐居十二年,由象群侍奉。

  • A forest in the Himavā containing Lake Mandākinī, where the elder Aññāta-Koṇḍañña lived in retirement for twelve years, attended by elephants.

  • 喜马拉雅七大湖之一,湖心清澈如宝,四周环绕七圈莲花与七重山岭。

  • One of the seven great lakes of the Himavā, famed for its jewel-like clear centre ringed by seven bands of lilies and seven mountain ranges.

  • 象类中地位最高的一支族群,菩萨曾转生为此族之王,据说每头象力大无穷,相当于百亿人之力。

  • The highest-ranked clan of elephants, into which the Bodhisatta was once born as king, said to possess the strength of ten thousand million men each.

  • 菩萨转生为八千头纯白象群之王,因一位曾为其妃的前世怨恨,转生为人间王妃后设计命猎人锯下其象牙。

  • The Bodhisatta born as the pure white king of a clan of eight thousand elephants, whose tusks were cut off at the instigation of a jealous former queen reborn as a human consort.

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