Pāli Dictionary

kuṇāla

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • der indische Kuckuck (Vogel)

  • the Indian cuckoo (a bird noted for its melodious call)

  • Ja 536

    atha khalu, bho, dve dijakaññāyo kaṭṭhaṃ mukhena ḍaṃsitvā taṃ kuṇālaṃ sakuṇaṃ majjhe nisīdāpetvā uḍḍenti, mā naṃ kuṇālaṃ sakuṇaṃ addhānapariyāyapathe kilamatho ubbāhetthā'ti.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Kuṇāla
Place

  • Einer der sieben großen Seen der Himavā-Region, wo der Buddha einst einer Gruppe von Sakya-Jugendlichen das Kuṇāla Jātaka lehrte.

  • One of the seven great lakes of the Himavā region, where the Buddha once taught the Kuṇāla Jātaka to a company of Sakyan youths.

Kuṇāla2
Person

  • Der Bodhisatta, geboren als König der Citrakokilā-Vögel, der den Frauen misstraute und seinem Freund Puṇṇamukha im Kuṇāla Jātaka seine Ansichten über ihre Listen mitteilte.

  • The Bodhisatta born as king of the Citrakokilā birds, who distrusted womankind and related his views on their wiles to his friend Puṇṇamukha in the Kuṇāla Jātaka.

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