Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
div3照;耀
Synonyms
cosmology
天;天神;天人
a deity; a god; a celestial being
Dhp 224
saccaṃ bhaṇe na kujjheyya, dajjā appam'pi yācito, etehi tīhi ṭhānehi, gacche devāna santike.
SN 42.3
yo so yodh'ājīvo saṅgāme ussahati vāyamati, tam'enaṃ ussahantaṃ vāyamantaṃ pare hananti pariyāpādenti, so kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā parajitānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjatī'ti.
general
(尊称)陛下;大王;天(对国王的敬称)
(as a title) Your/His Majesty; my lord (address to a king)
SN 2.23
devassa kho dānaṃ dīyati, amhākaṃ dānaṃ na dīyati. sādhu mayam'pi devaṃ nissāya dānāni dadeyyāma, puññāni kareyyāmā'ti.
天;天空;(拟人)雨神;雨
the sky; the heavens; (personified) the rain-god, the rain
Thag 1.51
vassati devo yathā sugītaṃ
Thag 2.35
devo ca vassati devo ca gaḷagaḷāyati, ekako c'āhaṃ bherave bile viharāmi, tassa mayhaṃ ekakassa bherave bile viharato, n'atthi bhayaṃ vā chambhitattaṃ vā lomahaṃso vā.
AN 10.15
seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, saradasamaye viddhe vigatavalāhake deve ādicco nabhaṃ abbhussakkamāno sabbaṃ ākāsagataṃ tamagataṃ abhivihacca bhāsate ca tapate ca virocati ca
Encyclopedia
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Devā
Person泛指被视为神圣的众生,上至佛陀与阿罗汉,下至被尊为神的国王,并依此分为居于诸天界的种种天众。
A general term for beings regarded as divine, ranging from kings honoured as gods to Buddhas and Arahants, and further classified into the various orders of celestial beings inhabiting the heavenly worlds.
Devā2
Person斯里兰卡国王优陀耶一世(Udaya I)之女,嫁与 Ādipāda Dāṭhāsiva 之子摩哂陀(Mahinda)。
A daughter of King Udaya I of Sri Lanka who married Mahinda, son of the Ādipāda Dāṭhāsiva.
Devā3
Person斯里兰卡国王 Dappula 二世之女,嫁与 Kittaggabodhi。
A daughter of King Dappula II of Sri Lanka who married Kittaggabodhi.
Devā4
Person斯里兰卡国王迦叶五世(Kassapa V)之妻、大将 Sakka 之母,曾为林居僧建以己名命名的精舍,并庄严 Maricavaṭṭi 的佛像。
The wife of King Kassapa V of Sri Lanka and mother of the general Sakka, who built a forest-monk monastery named after herself and adorned the Buddha image at Maricavaṭṭi.
过去善生佛(Sujāta)的上首弟子,为一位祭司之子,与其友善见(Sudassana)共同聆听该佛的首次说法。
The leading disciple of the past Buddha Sujāta, a chaplain’s son who received the Buddha’s first discourse together with his friend Sudassana.
毗楼博叉(Virūpakkha)之子、迦罗建尼(Kāḷakaṇṇi)之兄的一位年少天神。
A young deity, son of Virūpakkha and brother of Kāḷakaṇṇi.
居于伽波伽村的一位比丘,其教说令沃哈利迦帝须王大为欢喜,因而为他修复了五座建筑。
A monk resident at Kappakagāma whose teaching so pleased King Vohārikatissa that the king restored five buildings for him.
斯里兰卡的一位长老,优波犀那(Upasena)应其请求而撰写《大义释》注释。
A Sri Lankan elder at whose request the monk Upasena composed the commentary on the Mahā Niddesa.
斯里兰卡的一位长老,《教法源流》将《须弥山顶注》归于其名下,但此作一般仍归于韦提诃(Vedeha)所著。
A Sri Lankan elder to whom the Gandhavaṃsa attributes authorship of the Sumanakūṭa-vaṇṇanā, though the work is generally ascribed instead to Vedeha.
吉帝斯里梅伽王的一位将军,驻守巴达罗塔利,曾随拉那瓦利(Ratnāvalī)一同将年幼的波罗迦罗摩巴忽带至王前。
A general of King Kittisirimegha, stationed at Badalatthalī, who accompanied Ratnāvalī when the young Parakkamabāhu was brought to the king.
伽阇婆睺二世麾下一位号为楞伽主(Laṅkādhināyaka)的将军。
A general, titled Laṅkādhināyaka, who served King Gajabāhu II.
波罗迦罗摩巴忽一世的一位将军,曾参与对伽阇婆睺的战役,一度被囚后获救,继而击败摩那跋罗那与摩醯陀,最终落入敌手,国王未能将其救回。
A general of Parakkamabāhu I who campaigned against Gajabāhu, was imprisoned and later freed, then won victories against Mānābharana and Mahinda before falling into enemy hands, from which the king was unable to rescue him.
号为楞伽补罗(Laṅkāpura)的将军,可能与先前被俘的同名将领是同一人,曾参与僧伽罗远征南印度的战役,攻下罗贾那城。
A general known as Laṅkāpura, probably the same person as the general Deva captured in an earlier campaign, who fought in the Sinhalese expedition to South India, capturing the city of Rājinā.
阿耶斯曼多(Āyasmanta)的一位大臣,奉命前往瓦利伽摩建造一座寺院。
A minister of Āyasmanta who was sent to build a monastery at Valligāma.
毗提沙山(Vedisagiri)的一位富商,其女提维(Devī)在阿育王赴优禅尼途中借宿其家后,成为阿育王之妻。
A millionaire of Vedisagiri whose daughter Devī became the wife of Asoka after he stayed at her father’s house en route to Ujjeni.
提婆村的一位大臣,曾施食予一只饥饿的狗,因此福报转生于同村,后出家,于饥荒中因福报幸免于难,证得阿罗汉果,并受一位树神照顾。
A minister of Devagāma who once fed a starving dog, was reborn in the same village as a result, later entered the Order, survived a famine through good fortune, and became an Arahant looked after by a tree deity.
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