Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
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究羅檀頭;卡奴馬達村的博學婆羅門,《究羅檀頭經》中與佛陀問答者
Kūṭadanta, a learned brahmin of Khāṇumata; interlocutor of the Buddha in the Kūṭadanta Sutta
DN 5
na arahati bhavaṃ kūṭadanto samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṃ. samaṇo tv'eva gotamo arahati bhavantaṃ kūṭadantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṃ
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Kūṭadanta
PersonKhāṇumata 村一位博學的婆羅門,籌備大祭之際就如何正確行祭請教佛陀;佛陀為其宣說 Kūṭadanta Sutta,他因而證入流果,被視為佛陀教化中的重大勝利之一。
A very learned brahmin of Khāṇumata who, while preparing a great sacrifice, consulted the Buddha on how sacrifices should be conducted; his resulting conversion, recorded in the Kūṭadanta Sutta, is counted among the Buddha’s great spiritual victories.
DN 5
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