Pāli Dictionary

kuṇḍala

kuṇḍrootasuffixlasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

kuṇḍ1曲げる；切断する

general

  • 輪；耳輪、イヤリング；装飾用の輪

  • a ring, especially an earring; an ornamental ring

  • SN 3.11

    patirūpako mattikākuṇḍalo'va, loh'aḍḍhamāso'va suvaṇṇachanno, caranti loke parivārachannā, anto asuddhā bahi sobhamānā'ti.

  • Thag 16.4

    passa cittakataṃ rūpaṃ, maṇinā kuṇḍalena ca, aṭṭhiṃ tacena onaddhaṃ, saha vatthehi sobhati.

  • 巻き毛；渦巻き、ねじれたもの

  • a curl; a coil, twist, or turn (e.g. of hair)

  • MN 91

    uddh'aggalomo kho pana so bhavaṃ gotamo, uddh'aggāni lomāni jātāni nīlāni añjanavaṇṇāni kuṇḍal'āvaṭṭāni dakkhiṇ'āvaṭṭakajātāni, idam'pi tassa bhoto gotamassa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Kuṇḍala
Person

  • サーヴァッティーの阿羅漢。出家後心を落ち着かせられなかったが、水を導く職人、矢をまっすぐにする職人、車輪を成形する職人を観察することで洞察と証悟を得た。過去世では庭園守として、ヴィパッシー仏に椰子の実を供養したことがある。

  • An Arahant of Sāvatthi who, unable to steady his mind after ordaining, gained insight and attainment by observing craftsmen directing water, straightening arrows, and shaping wheels, having in a past life as a park-keeper offered a coconut to the Buddha Vipassī.

Kuṇḍalā
Personapproximate

  • 沙弥ティッサに食べ物を与えられた犬としての前世を思い出したデーヴァプッタ王の娘で、再会した際に自分の宮殿に招き、後に彼のために僧院を建て、そこで彼は阿羅漢果を得た

  • The daughter of the king of Devaputta who, recalling a past life as a dog fed by the novice Tissa, invited him to her palace when they met again and later built him a vihāra where he attained Arahantship.

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