Pāli Dictionary

gosāla1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • family name/epithet of the ascetic teacher Makkhali Gosāla, leader of the Ājīvika sect

  • SN 2.30

    atha kho sahali devaputto makkhaliṃ gosālaṃ ārabbha bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi

  • SN 44.9

    ayam'pi kho makkhali gosālo saṅghī c'eva gaṇī ca gaṇ'ācariyo ca ñāto yasassī titthakaro sādhusammato bahujanassa.

gosāla2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • Gosāla, name of an arahant monk (thera)

  • Thag 1.30

    nigrodho cittako thero, gosālathero sugandho, nandiyo abhayo thero, thero lomasak'aṅgiyo, jambugāmikaputto ca, hārito uttiyo isī'ti.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Gosāla
Person

  • A young man of a rich Magadhan family who joined the Order after his friend Soṇa-Kuṭikaṇṇa’s renunciation and attained Arahantship after his mother served him a meal of honeyed rice porridge.

Thag 1.23
Gosāla2
Other

  • A cross-reference entry pointing to the ascetic teacher Makkhali Gosāla.

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