Pāli Dictionary

kumbhaṇḍa1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 鸠槃荼；瓮形鬼，与夜叉、罗刹、阿修罗同类的一种鬼神，为增长天王所统领

  • a kumbhaṇḍa, a class of supernatural beings grouped with yakkhas and asuras, ruled by Virūḷhaka

  • DN 20

    dakkhiṇañ'ca disaṃ rājā, virūḷho taṃ pasāsati, kumbhaṇḍānaṃ adhipati, mahārājā yasassiso.

kumbhaṇḍa2

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • 南瓜；葫芦

  • a pumpkin; a gourd

kumbhaṇḍa3

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 睾丸异常肥大（如瓮形）之人

  • a man with abnormally large, pot-shaped testicles

  • SN 19.10

    idh'āhaṃ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṃ kumbhaṇḍaṃ purisaṃ vehāsaṃ gacchantaṃ. so gacchanto'pi t'eva aṇḍe khandhe āropetvā gacchati.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Kumbhaṇḍa
Place

  • 般度迦婆耶王在伽摩尼水池附近为一位名叫金披罗（Kumbhaṇḍa）的尼乾陀苦行者所建的隐修所，以其名命名。

  • A hermitage built by King Paṇḍukābhaya near the Gāmaṇi Tank for a Nigaṇṭha ascetic named Kumbhaṇḍa, after whom it was named.

Kumbhaṇḍa2
Person

  • 一类腹大如瓮的鬼神，其王为毗楼勒叉（Virūḷha），同名亦指大目犍连讲述其所见一位曾为贪腐法官、死后堕为饿鬼的经。

  • A class of pot-bellied spirits ruled by the deva king Virūḷha, also lending its name to a discourse in which Mahā-Moggallāna reports seeing a hungry ghost who had been a corrupt judge.

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