Pāli Dictionary

guttā

guproottasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

gup1dislike

monastic

  • name of an arahant nun (Thīg 163-168)

  • Thig 6.7

    gutte yadatthaṃ pabbajjā, hitvā puttaṃ vasuṃ piyaṃ, tam'eva anubrūhehi, mā cittassa vasaṃ gami.

gutta

approximate

guproottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

gup1dislike

Synonyms

rakkhita, gopita

general

  • guarded; protected; watched over

  • Dhp 36

    sududdasaṃ sunipuṇaṃ, yatthakāmanipātinaṃ, cittaṃ rakkhetha medhāvī, cittaṃ guttaṃ sukh'āvahaṃ.

  • Snp 4.16

    annañ'ca laddhā vasanañ'ca kāle, mattaṃ so jaññā idha tosan'atthaṃ, so tesu gutto yatacāri gāme, rusito'pi vācaṃ pharusaṃ na vajjā.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Guttā
Person

  • A woman of a brahmin family in Sāvatthi who, finding household life repugnant, entered the Order under Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī with her parents’ consent and, after long struggling to concentrate her mind, attained Arahantship with the Buddha’s encouragement.

Guttā2
Person

  • The third of the seven daughters of King Kiki of Bārāṇasī, identified as a previous birth of the nun Paṭācārā.

Thig 6.7

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