Pāli Dictionary

kapisīsa

kapiprefixsīsastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 문의 상인방; 문설주

  • 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

  • 두타가마니가 넉 달간의 포위 끝에 카차티타에서 굴복시킨 타밀족 장군.

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

Kapisīsa2
Person

  • 밧타가마니 왕의 대신으로, 앗차갈라 승원의 허공탑을 청소하고 내려오던 중 왕과 왕비가 계단을 지날 때 엎드려 절하지 않아 그 죄로 왕에게 처형당했다.

  • 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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