Pāli Dictionary

daddara

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • a dull thud; a hollow, crashing noise (e.g. as of a drum)

  • AN 8.10

    yāni pana tāni rukkhāni antopūtīni avassutāni kasambujātāni tāni kuṭhāripāsena ākoṭitāni daddaraṃ paṭinadanti.

  • a kind of drum

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Daddara
Place

  • A mountain in the Himavā, identical with Rajatapabbata, called Daddara for the thunder that played around it.

Daddara2
Place

  • An abode of the Nāgas at the foot of Mount Daddara.

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Daddara3
Place

  • A city founded by the fifth son of King Apacara at the spot where two mountains, rubbing together, made the sound “daddara.”

Daddara4
Other

  • A cross-reference entry pointing to Mahādaddara.

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