Pāli Dictionary

inda1

indroot

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

pati, adhipati, issara, sāmī

general

  • 首领；主宰者；君王（喻群体中最殊胜者）

  • a lord; chief; ruler; the foremost one (of a group)

  • SN 11.23

    addasā kho, bhikkhave, vepacitti asur'indo sakkaṃ devānam'indaṃ dūrato'va āgacchantaṃ. disvāna sakkaṃ devānam'indaṃ etadavoca, tikiccha maṃ devānam'indā'ti

inda2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 帝释天（因陀罗）；忉利天诸神之王

  • Inda (Indra); king of the gods, ruler of Tavatimsa heaven

  • Ja 492

    eko'va indo asure jināti, eko'va seno hanti dije pasayha, eko'va byaggho migasaṅghapatto, varaṃ varaṃ hanti balañ'hi tādisaṃ.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Inda
Person

  • Āṭānāṭiya Sutta 中提到的名字，多位天王（如 Dhataraṭṭha、俱吠罗 Kuvera）各有九十一位以此为名的儿子，被描述为佛陀的强大随从。

  • A name shared by groups of ninety-one sons of several regent gods (including Dhataraṭṭha and Kuvera) described in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as powerful followers of the Buddha.

DN 32
Inda2
Other

  • 吠陀天神因陀罗（Indra）的巴利语对应名，在尼柯耶编纂之时其崇拜已渐式微，后来与帝释天（Sakka）合而为一。

  • The Pāḷi equivalent of the Vedic god Indra, a figure whose worship had faded by the time of the Nikāyas and who came to be identified with Sakka.

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