Pāli Dictionary

godhika

godhikāstemasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 瞿低迦（Godhika）——一位阿羅漢比丘，其偈頌載於《長老偈》；據《相應部》所載，他曾多次證得又退失暫時的心解脫，最終證得阿羅漢果

  • Godhika — an arahant monk whose verse appears in the Theragāthā; per the Saṃyutta Nikāya account he repeatedly attained and lost temporary liberation of mind before finally winning arahantship

  • SN 4.23

    chaṭṭham'pi kho āyasmā godhiko tamhā sāmayikāya cetovimuttiyā parihāyi. sattamam'pi kho āyasmā godhiko appamatto ātāpī pahit'atto viharanto sāmayikaṃ cetovimuttiṃ phusi.

Encyclopedia

Godhika
Person

  • 波婆（Pāvā）一位末羅族酋長之子，禪修中屢次證得又退失暫時的心解脫，絕望之下自盡，佛陀卻宣稱他因此證得究竟涅槃。

  • A Malla chief’s son of Pāvā who, after repeatedly achieving and then losing temporary release of mind through meditation, took his own life in despair, an act the Buddha declared had nonetheless brought him to final nibbāna.

Thag 1.51

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