Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · feminine
monastic
翅舍瞿曇彌,阿羅漢比丘尼,佛陀大弟子,被譽為著粗衣第一的比丘尼;以芥子求藥之故事聞名
Kisāgotamī, an arahant nun, great disciple of the Buddha, declared foremost among nuns in wearing coarse robes; known for the story of the mustard seed
SN 5.3
atha kho kisāgotamiyā bhikkhuniyā etadahosi, ko nu khv'āyaṃ manusso vā amanusso vā gāthaṃ bhāsatī'ti? atha kho kisāgotamiyā bhikkhuniyā etadahosi, māro kho ayaṃ pāpimā mama bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃsaṃ uppādetu'kāmo samādhimhā cāvetu'kāmo gāthaṃ bhāsatī'ti.
AN 1.246
etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvikānaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ lūkhacīvaradharānaṃ yadidaṃ kisāgotamī.
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Kisāgotamī
Person一位阿羅漢,被佛陀譽為著粗衣第一,因喪子而悲痛欲絕,佛陀讓她去尋一戶從未有人過世的人家討一粒芥菜籽,她因此醒悟,故事廣為流傳。
An Arahant declared foremost among monks in the wearing of coarse robes, famous for the story in which the Buddha, in response to her grief over her dead child, sent her to find a mustard seed from a house untouched by death.
Kisāgotamī2
Place迦毘羅衛的一位釋迦族少女,見悉達多太子在兒子降生後乘車歸來,脫口吟出一句讚歎「寂滅」之美的偈語,太子聞言心有所感,回贈她一串珍珠項鍊。
A Sakyan maiden of Kapilavatthu who, seeing Prince Siddhattha return in his chariot after his son’s birth, exclaimed a verse praising the peace such a sight brought her, prompting the prince, struck by her word ‘nibbuta,’ to send her a pearl necklace in gratitude.
Kisāgotamī3
PersonPhussa 佛最後一世為在家人時的妻子,是其子 Ānanda 之母。
The wife of Phussa Buddha during his last life as a layman, and mother of his son Ānanda.
Kisāgotamī4
PersonTissa 佛的主要女性護持者之一。
One of the chief women lay supporters of Tissa Buddha.
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