Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · feminine
Root
khi1live; abide peacefully
Synonyms
general
name of several women, most notably Khemā Therī, the Buddha’s foremost female disciple in great wisdom; also name of various queens and laywomen
Thig 6.3
daharā tvaṃ rūpavatī, aham'pi daharo yuvā, pañc'aṅgikena turiyena, ehi kheme ramāmase.
AN 1.236
etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvikānaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ mahāpaññānaṃ yadidaṃ khemā.
cosmology
name of a river flowing from the Himavā
Part of speech
adjective
Root
khi1live; abide peacefully
Synonyms
Antonyms
general
safe; secure; tranquil; at peace; free from danger
Thag 3.3
susukhaṃ vata nibbānaṃ, sammāsambuddhadesitaṃ, asokaṃ virajaṃ khemaṃ, yattha dukkhaṃ nirujjhatī'ti.
MN 22
seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, puriso addhānamaggappaṭipanno. so passeyya mahantaṃ udak'aṇṇavaṃ, orimaṃ tīraṃ sāsaṅkaṃ sappaṭibhayaṃ, pārimaṃ tīraṃ khemaṃ appaṭibhayaṃ.
doctrine
(as noun) safety; security; peace; sanctuary; (epithet of Nibbāna) the Serene; final liberation
Encyclopedia
24 entries
Khemā
PersonAn Arahant declared foremost in wisdom among the Buddha’s women disciples, who as chief consort of King Bimbisāra was led to renounce her vanity over her beauty after seeing an illusory nymph age and die before the Buddha.
Khemā2
PersonOne of the two chief women disciples of Dhammadassī Buddha.
Khemā3
TextA lay woman disciple named in a commentarial list, most likely the same person as the chief Arahant disciple of that name.
Khemā4
PersonA queen of King Brahmadatta of Bārāṇasī who dreamed of a golden peacock teaching the Dhamma, a wish that in this version of the story was never fulfilled, as told in the Mora Jātaka.
Khemā5
PersonThe chief queen of King Brahmadatta of Bārāṇasī who dreamed of a golden deer teaching the Dhamma, a wish that was fulfilled, as told in the Rurumigarāja Jātaka.
Khemā6
PersonA chief queen of King Brahmadatta of Bārāṇasī whose story parallels that of another queen of the same name, told in another version of the Mora Jātaka.
Khemā7
PersonA queen consort of King Brahmadatta of Bārāṇasī whose story parallels that of another queen of the same name, identified with the Therī Khemā, as told in the Rohaṇamiga Jātaka.
Khemā8
PersonA queen consort of King Seyya of Bārāṇasī who dreamed of a golden swan, identified with the Therī Khemā, as told in the Mahāhaṃsa Jātaka.
Khemā9
PlaceA river flowing from the Himavā mountains.
The city in which Sumana Buddha was born.
The city in which Tissa Buddha was born.
The city in which Kakusandha Buddha was born, and the capital of King Khemaṅkara.
A warrior who was the Bodhisatta in the time of Kakusandha Buddha, giving alms to him and his monks and later helping bring a branch of his bodhi-tree to Sri Lanka.
The deer-park near Bandhumatī where Vipassī Buddha was born and gave his first teachings, identified with the present-day Isipatana.
The pleasance near Khemavatī where Kakusandha Buddha died, also his birthplace.
A pleasance near Usabhavatī where Vessabhū Buddha died.
A lake north of Bārāṇasī built by King Seyya, featured in the Mahāhaṃsa Jātaka.
A handsome nephew of Anāthapiṇḍika repeatedly accused of adultery, whom the Buddha, at his uncle’s request, taught to abandon his ways.
A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and spoke verses on the value of the good life.
An Arahant referred to in connection with a discourse called the Khema Sutta.
A monk of Sri Lanka, pupil of Dhammapālita of Rohaṇa, versed in the Tipiṭaka and named among those who transmitted the Buddha’s teaching there.
A teacher, probably of Sri Lanka, author of the grammatical treatise Khemappakaraṇa.
An alternate name referring to Khemaka (3).
A fowler, identified with Channa, who caught a golden swan from Cittakūṭa at the request of King Seyya, as told in the Mahāhaṃsa Jātaka.
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