Pāli Dictionary

gharaṇī

gharastemiṇīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • Hausfrau, Herrin des Hauses

  • housewife, mistress of the house

ghara

approximate

via inflected form gharāni · nominative plural / accusative plural / vocative plural

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

kula, agāra, nivesana, geha, niketa, nivāsana

general

  • Haus; Zuhause; Haushalt; das Leben als Hausbesitzer

  • house; home; household; family life

  • Dhp 241

    asajjhāyamalā mantā, anuṭṭhānamalā gharā, malaṃ vaṇṇassa kosajjaṃ, pamādo rakkhato malaṃ.

  • Snp 4.13

    sace cuto sīlavatato hoti, pavedhatī kamma virādhayitvā, pajappatī patthayatī ca suddhiṃ, satthā'va hīno pavasaṃ gharamhā.

  • Gebäude; Bauwerk; Stockwerk; Behälter; Gehäuse

  • building; structure; a floor or storey; a container or case

Encyclopedia

Gharaṇī
Person

  • Eine Laienschülerin, die die dritte Stufe des Erwachens erreicht hatte und anbot, ihr eigenes Wunder zu vollbringen — die Erde in Wasser zu verwandeln —, als der Buddha das Zwillingswunder zeigen wollte.

  • A woman lay disciple who had attained the third stage of awakening and offered to perform her own miracle, turning the earth to water, when the Buddha was about to display the Twin Miracle.

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