Pāli Dictionary

dīghāvu1

dīghastemāyustem

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • Dīghāvu, name of a lay disciple

  • SN 55.3

    mā tvaṃ, tāta dīghāvu, evaṃ manas'ākāsi. iṅgha tvaṃ, tāta dīghāvu, yadeva te bhagavā āha, tadeva tvaṃ sādhukaṃ manasi karohī'ti.

dīghāvu2

dīghastemāyustem

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • Dīghāvu, prince, son of King Dīghīti

Encyclopedia

5 entries

Dīghāvu
Person
  • The eldest son of King Arindama (1), identified as a past life of Rāhula.

  • A householder of Rājagaha and son of Jotika-gahapati who, as a Stream-winner lying gravely ill, was visited and taught by the Buddha and after death was reborn as a Non-returner in the Brahma world.

SN 55.3
  • The son of King Mahājanaka and Queen Sīvalī who became king when his father renounced the world, identified as a past life of Rāhula.

  • A cross-reference to Dīghāyu, together with the Dīghāvu-Upāsaka Sutta, which records the Buddha’s visit to the layman Dīghāvu (2) and his teaching on the six factors conducive to knowledge.

SN 55.3
Dīghāyu
Personmatched via “Dīghāvu”
  • The son of Dīghīti, king of Kosala, who avenged his parents’ murder not through violence but by making peace with their killer Brahmadatta of Kāsi, regaining his father’s kingdom and marrying Brahmadatta’s daughter.

Kd 10#2.3.1

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