Pāli Dictionary

dīgha

Part of speech

adjective

Antonyms

vitthāra, rassa, ittara

general

  • 長い（空間的・時間的）；高い；深い

  • long (in space or time); tall; deep

  • Dhp 60

    dīghā jāgarato ratti, dīghaṃ santassa yojanaṃ, dīgho bālānaṃ saṃsāro, saddhammaṃ avijānataṃ.

  • MN 130

    hoti kho so, bhikkhave, samayo yaṃ kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena tassa mahānirayassa puratthimaṃ dvāraṃ apāpurīyati.

  • 長母音；（文法・韻律で）長音の

  • a long vowel; (in grammar and prosody) metrically long

cosmology

  • 蛇；長身の動物（蛇・魚など）；（また）特定の鬼神

  • a snake; any long-backed creature; (also) a daemon or spirit

  • MN 31

    atha kho dīgho parajano yakkho yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ aṭṭhāsi.

  • DN 32

    gopālo supparodho ca, hiri netti ca mandiyo, pañcālacaṇḍo āḷavako, pajjunno sumano sumukho, dadhimukho maṇi māṇivaro dīgho, atho serīsako saha.

doctrine

  • 『長部』（パーリ三蔵の長編経典集）

  • the Dīghanikāya (the collection of long discourses)

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Dīgha
Person

  • 仏陀の弟子たちが苦難の際に祈願するよう勧められたヤッカ（夜叉）の首長で、かつてアヌルッダ、ナンディヤ、キンビラの優れた成就を仏陀に告げたことがある。

  • A yakkha chieftain whom the Buddha’s followers were advised to invoke in times of distress, and who once told the Buddha of the excellent attainments of Anuruddha, Nandiya and Kimbila.

Dīgha2
Person

  • 律に精通した者として名高いスリランカの長老。

  • An elder of Sri Lanka renowned as an expert in the Vinaya.

Dīgha3
Person

  • 惜しみない布施をしても仲間のバラモンたちを満足させられなかったバラモンで、一つの飯器だけを供して比丘たちを試し、その少欲知足ぶりに感銘を受けた。

  • A brahmin who, unable to satisfy fellow brahmins with lavish alms, tested a group of monks by serving them a single vessel of rice and was impressed by their moderation.

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