Pāli Dictionary

dija

dvirootjasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

aṇḍaja, pakkhī, sakuṇa, vihaṅgama, lapanaja, vihaga

general

  • バラモン、「再生者」（出生と入門儀礼による二度の誕生）

  • a brahmin, the ‘twice-born’ (once by birth, once by sacred initiation)

  • 鳥（同じく「再生者」：卵から孵化する二度の誕生）

  • a bird (likewise ‘twice-born’: once as an egg, once when hatched)

  • Thag 19.1

    kadā mayūrassa sikhaṇḍino vane, dijassa sutvā girigabbhare rutaṃ, paccuṭṭhahitvā amatassa pattiyā, saṃcintaye taṃ nu kadā bhavissati.

  • DN 20

    ye nāgarāje sahasā haranti, dibbā dijā pakkhi visuddhacakkhū, vehāsayā te vanam'ajjhapattā, citrā supaṇṇā iti tesa nāmaṃ.

  • 歯（詩的用法。乳歯の後に永久歯が生えることも「再生」とされる）

  • a tooth (poetic sense, likewise ‘twice-born’: the milk tooth then the adult tooth)

  • DN 30

    taṃ veyyañjanikā samāgatā bahavo, byākaṃsu nipuṇasammatā manujā, sucijanaparivāragaṇo bhavati, dijasamasukkasucisobhanadanto.

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