Pāli Dictionary

hemavata1

himavantrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective


cosmology

  • 雪山的,来自喜马拉雅山的;亦作雪山(喜马拉雅山)之别名

  • of/from the Himalayas; snowy; also used as a name for the Himalaya mountain range

  • Vv 20

    sataṃ hemavatā nāgā, īsādantā urūḷhavā, suvaṇṇakacchā mātaṅgā, hemakappanavāsasā, etassācāmadānassa, kalaṃ n'āgghati soḷasiṃ.

hemavata2

himarootvantsuffixasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine


cosmology

  • 雪山夜叉王,一位夜叉首领之名,佛陀弟子遇难时可祈请之

  • Hemavata, name of a Yakkha chief, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need

  • Snp 1.9

    kacci mano supaṇihito, (iti hemavato yakkho) sabbabhūtesu tādino, kacci iṭṭhe aniṭṭhe ca, saṅkappassa vasīkatā.

hemavant

approximate

hemastemvantsuffix

via inflected form hemavatā · instrumental singular / ablative singular

Part of speech

adjective


general

  • 金色的;饰以金的

  • golden; adorned with gold

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Hemavata
Person
  • 一位夜叉首领,佛陀信徒遇难时可祈求他护佑,曾出席《大集会经》的说法,是 Sātāgira 的朋友。

  • A yakkha chief to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need, present at the teaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta, and a friend of Sātāgira.

DN 32
Hemavatā
Placeapproximate
  • 一条河流,是《跋罗低耶本生》故事发生的场景。

  • A river, the setting of the Bhallātiya Jātaka.

Hemavatā2
Personapproximate
  • 阎浮提的一个异端教派,因其成员居于喜马拉雅山而得名;他们主张菩萨并非凡夫俗子,外道也能具足五神通,且个体(补特伽罗)异于五蕴。

  • A heretical sect in Jambudīpa, so named because its members lived on Mount Himavata, who held that a Bodhisatta is not an ordinary mortal, that even outsiders can possess the five higher knowledges, and that the individual is distinct from the aggregates.

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