Pāli Dictionary

gharaṇī

gharastemiṇīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • 主婦、家の女主人

  • 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

  • 家；住宅；家庭；居家生活

  • 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.

  • 建物；階；容器；箱

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

Encyclopedia

Gharaṇī
Person

  • 覚りの第三段階に達していた在家女性の弟子で、仏が双神変を示そうとした際、自ら大地を水に変える神通力を示すことを申し出た。

  • 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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