Pāli Dictionary

kappa1

kapprootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kapp1適；宜

Synonyms

tathārūpa, sama, patirūpa, tajja, paṭirūpa, sampanna, sāmaggiya, sāruppa,

cosmology

  • 劫；世界週期；一個世界系統的存續期

  • aeon; world-cycle; the lifespan of a world-system

  • DN 16

    kappaṃ vā tiṭṭheyya kappāvasesaṃ vā

general

  • （作形容詞）適合的；相宜的；（複合詞末）如同…的；與…相當的

  • (as adjective) fitting; suitable; (in compounds) resembling; like

  • Snp 1.1

    yassa vanathajā na santi keci, vinibandhāya bhavāya hetukappā, so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ, urago jiṇṇam'iva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

  • MN 24

    satthukappena vata kira, bho, sāvakena saddhiṃ mantayamānā na jānimha, āyasmā sāriputto'ti.

monastic

  • （律）淨法；許可之事；如法的作法

  • (Vinaya) allowable practice; what is permissible

kappa2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

mañña, maññita, takka

doctrine

  • 妄想；分別；戲論；概念構想

  • mental fabrication; conceptual construction; speculation

  • Snp 4.10

    vītagedho amaccharī, na ussesu vadate muni, na samesu na omesu, kappaṃ n'eti akappiyo.

  • Snp 3.6

    kappāni viceyya kevalāni, saṃsāraṃ dubhayaṃ cut'ūpapātaṃ, vigatarajam'anaṅgaṇaṃ visuddhaṃ, pattaṃ jātikhayaṃ tam'āhu buddhan'ti.

kappati

kappastemtisuffix

via inflected form kappa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

general

  • 適合；妥當；合宜；獲准

  • is suitable; is proper; is fitting; is allowable

  • SN 42.10

    kappati samaṇānaṃ sakyaputtiyānaṃ jātarūparajataṃ, sādiyanti samaṇā sakyaputtiyā jātarūparajataṃ, paṭiggaṇhanti samaṇā sakyaputtiyā jātarūparajatan'ti!

Encyclopedia

5 entries

Kappa
Person

  • 波婆離的弟子之一，其向佛陀請教如何從輪迴洪流中尋求庇護，記載於《劫波學童所問》，後證得阿羅漢果。

  • One of Bāvarī’s disciples whose question to the Buddha about refuge from the flood of becoming is recorded in the Kappa-māṇava Pucchā, and who became an Arahant.

Kappa2
Person

  • 摩揭陀一位地方總督之子，本耽於逸樂，佛陀以身體不淨之教誨導之，終在剃髮之際證得阿羅漢果。

  • An Arahant, son of a provincial governor of Magadha given to self-indulgence, whom the Buddha admonished on the foulness of the body until he attained Arahantship at the very moment his head was being shaved.

Thag 10.5
Kappa3
Person

  • 一位比丘，可能即前述之劫波長老，曾於兩部經中問佛陀如何免於對身體生起「我」與「我所」之念，此問題他處亦歸於羅睺羅。

  • A monk, probably identical with Kappa Thera (2), who in two suttas asks the Buddha how to be free of thoughts of “I” and “mine” regarding the body, questions elsewhere attributed to Rāhula.

Thag 10.5SN 22.125
Kappa4
Person

  • 菩薩化生為一名年輕婆羅門，後成為仙人，是迦葉婆的弟子兼摯友，此事見於《迦葉婆本生》，《婆迦本生》亦有提及。

  • A young brahmin who was the Bodhisatta and who became a sage, the disciple and friend of Kesava, a story told in the Kesava Jātaka and also referenced in the Baka Jātaka.

Snp 5.11
Kappa5
Other

  • 一條參見條目，指向 Nigrodha-Kappa 條。

  • A cross-reference entry pointing to the entry Nigrodha-Kappa.

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