Pāli Dictionary

kesava

kesastemvantsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • 《餓鬼事》故事中一男子之名;也作「美髮者」之義,為毗溼奴/婆藪天神之別號

  • 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,其事蹟見於《憍舍婆本生》,被認同為跋迦梵天,有時也被稱作 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.

Ja 346
Kesava2
Person
  • 一位又名 Nārada 的苦行者,曾禮敬阿達沙西佛,是鉢毗吒長老的前生,據推測與 Ekadaṃsanīya 長老為同一人。

  • 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
  • 婆藪提婆(Vāsudeva)的別名,據說因他一頭美髮而得此名。

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

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