Pāli Dictionary

kapisīsa

kapiprefixsīsastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 門の上枠、かんぬきの受け口

  • the lintel of a door; a doorpost or doorjamb (lit. ‘monkey-head’)

  • DN 16

    atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi, kahaṃ nu kho, bhikkhave, ānando'ti? eso, bhante, āyasmā ānando vihāraṃ pavisitvā kapisīsaṃ ālambitvā rodamāno ṭhito, ahañ'ca vat'amhi sekho sakaraṇīyo, satthu ca me parinibbānaṃ bhavissati, yo mama anukampako'ti.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Kapisīsa
Person

  • ドゥッタガーマニーが四か月の包囲の末カッチャティッタで打ち破ったタミル人の将軍。

  • A Tamil general subdued by Duṭṭhagāmaṇī at Kacchatittha after a four-month siege.

Kapisīsa2
Person

  • ヴァッタガーマニー王の大臣で、アッチャガッラ僧院の虚空塔を掃除して下りてきた際、王と王妃が階段を通り過ぎたのに平伏しなかったため、この罪により王に処刑された。

  • A minister of King Vaṭṭagāmaṇī who, having come down from sweeping the Ākāsa shrine at the Acchagalla monastery, failed to prostrate himself when the king and queen passed by on the steps, and was slain by the king for this offence.

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