Pāli Dictionary

kuṇḍalī

kuṇḍalastemīsuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

kuṇḍ1bend; mutilate

general

  • wearing earrings; adorned with rings

  • SN 42.13

    tassa rājā attamano abhihārama'dāsi. ten'āyaṃ puriso mālī kuṇḍalī sunhāto suvilitto kappitakesamassu, itthikāmehi rājā maññe paricāretī'ti.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

kundaāḷī
  1. kunda

    a kind of jasmine (white-flowered)

  2. āḷīāḷi

    dam wall; embankment; dike

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Kuṇḍalī
Other

  • The sārikā bird of the Umaṅga Jātaka, identified with Kuṇḍalī, likely a reference to the nun Bhaddā-Kuṇḍalakesī.

Kuṇḍalī2
Other

  • The name of the she-ass in the Vātaggasindhava Jātaka.

Kuṇḍalī3
Place

  • A palace in the Tāvatiṃsa heaven where a man was reborn who had once attended and cared for Sāriputta and Mahā-Moggallāna during their stay at a monastery in Kāsi.

Kuṇḍalī4
Person

  • A brahmin who imported foreign goods, a friend of Dīghābhaya who lived in Dvāramaṇḍala.

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