Pāli Dictionary

eraka

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • 香蒲(一种用于编席、制作粗布的草)

  • a kind of grass (typha/cattail) used for making mats, coverlets and coarse cloth

Encyclopedia

Eraka
Person
  • 舍卫城显赫家族出身的阿罗汉,放弃婚姻随佛出家,历经数日恶念侵扰后经佛陀训诫而证得阿罗汉果。

  • An Arahant of an eminent Sāvatthi family who renounced marriage to follow the Buddha and, after days troubled by evil thoughts, gained Arahantship through the Buddha’s admonition.

Thag 1.93

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