Pāli Dictionary

jīvaka

jīvrootakasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

jīv1live

general

  • Jīvaka (Komārabhacca), physician of the Buddha; a great lay disciple foremost in devotion to an individual

  • AN 1.256

    etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṃ upāsakānaṃ puggalappasannānaṃ yadidaṃ jīvako komārabhacco.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Jīvaka
Other

  • A name cited merely as an example.

Jīvaka2
Person

  • A monk of the Mahāvihāra at whose request Buddhaghosa composed the Manorathapūraṇī.

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