Pāli Dictionary

dīghabhāṇaka

approximate

dīghastembhāṇakastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • reciter of the Dīgha Nikāya

approximate

Compound structure

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dīghabhaṇakā
  1. dīgha

    long (in space or time); tall; deep

  2. bhaṇabhaṇati

    speaks; says; tells

  3. kā

    who?; what?; which?; which woman? (interrogative pronoun, feminine singular nominative of ‘ka’)

Encyclopedia

Dīghabhāṇakā
Other

  • The lineage of reciters responsible for the Dīghanikāya, who separated certain texts from the Khuddakanikāya into the Abhidhamma Piṭaka and held distinctive doctrinal views, such as that all four omens seen by the Bodhisatta appeared on a single day.

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