Pāli Dictionary

kuṇḍala

kuṇḍrootasuffixlasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

kuṇḍ1彎曲；毀損

general

  • 環；耳環；裝飾用的環

  • 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.

  • 捲曲物；捲髮、旋繞之物

  • 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

  • 舍衛城的一位阿羅漢，出家後心思散亂難以專注，後來觀察工匠引水、削箭、制輪的工序而悟道證果，前生曾是一名園丁，曾供養毗婆尸佛一顆椰子。

  • 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

  • Devaputta 王之女，憶起前世為一母犬時曾受沙彌 Tissa 施食，重逢後邀他入宮款待，併為他建寺，Tissa 後於此證得阿羅漢果。

  • 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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