Pāli Dictionary
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.
Encyclopedia
5 entries
Dīghāvu
PersonThe eldest son of King Arindama (1), identified as a past life of Rāhula.
Dīghāvu2
PersonA 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.
Dīghāvu3
PersonThe son of King Mahājanaka and Queen Sīvalī who became king when his father renounced the world, identified as a past life of Rāhula.
Dīghāvu4
PersonA 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.
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.
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