Pāli Dictionary

juṇha

Part of speech

adjective

Root

jus6like; please

general

  • bright; luminous

  • SN 16.7

    seyyathā'pi, bhante, juṇhapakkhe candassa yā ratti vā divaso vā āgacchati, vaḍḍhat'eva vaṇṇena, vaḍḍhati maṇḍalena, vaḍḍhati ābhāya, vaḍḍhati ārohapariṇāhena

juṇhā

approximate

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

jus6like; please

cosmology

  • the waxing moon; the bright fortnight of the lunar month

  • moonlight; a moonlit night

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Juṇha
Person

  • An elder of Kosala whose story is told in the Māluta Jātaka.

Juṇha2
Person

  • The son of Brahmadatta, king of Bārāṇasī, identified as the Bodhisatta, whose story is told in the Juṇha Jātaka.

Juṇha3
Person

  • A minister of Pasenadi who, unlike his displeased colleague Kāḷa, rejoiced at the king’s great almsgiving and was later asked by the king to give alms himself for seven days, becoming a Stream-winner.

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