Pāli Dictionary

gavampati1

gavaṃstempatistem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • name of an arahant monk (a companion of Yasa)

  • DN 23

    tena kho pana samayena āyasmā gavampati abhikkhaṇaṃ suññaṃ serīsakaṃ vimānaṃ divāvihāraṃ gacchati.

  • Thag 1.38

    yo iddhiyā sarabhuṃ aṭṭhapesi, so gavampati asito anejo, taṃ sabbasaṅg'ātigataṃ mahāmuniṃ, devā namassanti bhavassa pāragun'ti.

gavampati2

gavaṃstempatistem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • chief bull; stud bull (lord of the cows)

  • Snp 1.2

    atthi vasā atthi dhenupā, godharaṇiyo paveṇiyo'pi atthi, usabho'pi gavampat'īdha atthi, atha ce patthayasī pavassa deva.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

gavaṃpati
  1. gavaṃgava

    cow; cattle; ox; bull (the form of the noun ‘go’ used in compounds)

  2. pati

    lord; master; ruler

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Gavampati
Person

  • An Arahant, one of four wealthy young companions of the elder Yasa who followed him into the Order, later famed for using psychic power to hold back a flooding river to protect sleeping monks.

Thag 1.38
Gavampati2
Person

  • According to the Sāsanavaṃsa, a thera born of a nāga maiden in a former life at whose request the Buddha went to establish his religion at Sudhammapura in Rāmañña.

SN 56.30

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