Pāli Dictionary

ekasāṭaka

ekaprefixsāṭakastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • 衣を一枚しか着けない行者；単衣の（多くは非難の意を込めた）外道行者

  • one who wears a single robe or loincloth; a ‘one-robe’ ascetic (often derogatory, of non-Buddhist mendicants)

  • SN 3.11

    tena kho pana samayena satta ca jaṭilā satta ca nigaṇṭhā satta ca acelakā satta ca ekasāṭakā satta ca paribbājakā parūḷhakacchanakhalomā khārivividham'ādāya bhagavato avidūre atikkamanti.

  • AN 6.57

    tatr'idaṃ, bhante, pūraṇena kassapena lohit'ābhijāti paññattā, nigaṇṭhā ekasāṭakā.

Encyclopedia

Ekasāṭaka
Person

  • ヴィパッシー仏の時代の極めて貧しいバラモンで、妻と共有する衣一枚しか持たなかったが、歓喜の布施の一瞬にそれを仏陀に捧げ、富と王室の祭官の地位を授かった。

  • A very poor brahmin in the time of Vipassī Buddha who, owning only a single garment shared with his wife, gave it to the Buddha in a moment of joyous generosity and was rewarded with riches and the post of royal chaplain.

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