Pāli Dictionary

kapisīsa

kapiprefixsīsastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 門楣；門框

  • 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

  • 一位泰米爾將領，在卡查提陀經四個月圍攻後被杜吒伽摩尼降服。

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

Kapisīsa2
Person

  • 筏吒伽摩尼王的一位大臣；他在阿吒伽羅寺打掃完虛空塔後坐於路邊，恰逢國王偕王后經過階梯，因未向國王行跪拜禮而被處死。

  • 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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