Pāli Dictionary

kesava

kesastemvantsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • 《饿鬼事》故事中一男子之名;也作“美发者”之义,为毗湿奴/婆薮天神之别号

  • name of a man in a Petavatthu story; also (lit. ‘of beautiful hair’) an epithet of the god Vāsudeva/Viṣṇu

  • Pv 18

    tassa taṃ vacanaṃ sutvā, rohiṇeyyassa kesavo, taramānarūpo vuṭṭhāsi, bhātusokena aṭṭito.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Kesava
Person
  • 雪山中的一位苦行者,其事迹见于《憍舍婆本生》,被认同为跋迦梵天,有时也被称作 Kesi。

  • An ascetic in the Himālayas whose story is told in the Kesava Jātaka and who is identified with Baka Brahmā, sometimes addressed as Kesi.

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Kesava2
Person
  • 一位又名 Nārada 的苦行者,曾礼敬阿达沙西佛,是钵毗吒长老的前生,据推测与 Ekadaṃsanīya 长老为同一人。

  • An ascetic also called Nārada who paid homage to the Buddha Atthadassī and was a previous birth of the elder Paviṭṭha, likely identical with Ekadaṃsanīya Thera.

Kesava3
Other
  • 婆薮提婆(Vāsudeva)的别名,据说因他一头美发而得此名。

  • Another name for Vāsudeva, said to be so called for his beautiful hair.

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