Pāli Dictionary

kumbhaṇḍa1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 鳩槃荼；甕形鬼，與夜叉、羅剎、阿修羅同類的一種鬼神，為增長天王所統領

  • 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；葫蘆

  • a pumpkin; a gourd

kumbhaṇḍa3

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 睪丸異常肥大（如甕形）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為一位名叫金披羅（Kumbhaṇḍa）的尼乾陀苦行者所建的隱修所，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

  • 一類腹大如甕的鬼神，其王為毗樓勒叉（Virūḷha），同名亦指大目犍連講述其所見一位曾為貪腐法官、死後墮為餓鬼的經。

  • 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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