Pāli Dictionary

jīvaka

jīvrootakasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

jīv1活

general

  • 耆婆（童子迦）；佛陀的御醫，傑出在家弟子

  • 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

  • 僅作為舉例而提及的一個人名。

  • A name cited merely as an example.

Jīvaka2
Person

  • 大寺（Mahāvihāra）的一位比丘，覺音（Buddhaghosa）應其請求撰寫了《Manorathapūraṇī》。

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

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