Pāli Dictionary

devala

divrootlasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

div3照;耀


general

  • 提婆罗,一位苦行仙人之名(亦为辟支佛及上首弟子等多人所共用之名)

  • Devala, name of an ascetic (also borne by several other figures, incl. a Pacceka Buddha and a chief disciple)

Encyclopedia

5 entries

Devala
Person
  • 一位苦行者,因那罗陀仙人(菩萨)两次不慎踩到他而对其施以咒诅,后被认定即是图拉帝须比丘的前生。

  • An ascetic who cursed a fellow hermit, Nārada (the Bodhisatta), for accidentally treading on him twice, and was later identified with the monk Thulla-Tissa.

Devala2
Other
  • 参见迦罗提婆罗(Kāḷadevala)条目,此人事迹载于该条之下。

  • See Kāḷadevala, under whose name this figure’s story is given.

Devala3
Person
  • 莲花上佛的堂弟,后成为其上首弟子,与兄弟善生(Sujāta)一同是该佛初转法轮的听众。

  • A cousin of the Buddha Padumuttara who became his chief disciple, the recipient with his brother Sujāta of that Buddha’s first sermon.

Devala4
Person
  • 喜马拉雅山中的一位苦行者,在莲花上佛出世之前便预先建塔供养以迎接其到来,后转生梵天,为斯利马长老的前生。

  • An ascetic in the Himavā who, before the Buddha Padumuttara’s birth, built a shrine and made offerings in anticipation of his coming, later reborn in the Brahma world as a previous existence of the elder Sirimatthera.

Devala5
Person
  • 一位辟支佛,曾被一位骑象出行的王子侮辱,此王子后来转生为优波离,也正因这次侮辱而使优波离最后一生投生于低种姓家庭。

  • A Pacceka Buddha who was once insulted, while riding an elephant, by a prince later reborn as Upāli, an act that caused Upāli’s low-caste birth in his final life.

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