Pāli Dictionary

kumuda1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 極大的數目名（傳統上作10^105，即二十個 ahaha）

  • a very high numeral (traditionally 10^105, or twenty ahaha)

  • （註疏）阿鼻地獄的一個段落，因需停留一個『kumuda』長的時間而得名

  • (commentarial) a division of the Avīci hell, named for the duration (a ‘kumuda’) one must remain there

  • SN 6.10

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhu, vīsati ababā nirayā, evam'eko aṭaṭo nirayo. seyyathā'pi, bhikkhu, vīsati aṭaṭā nirayā, evam'eko ahaho nirayo. seyyathā'pi, bhikkhu, vīsati ahahā nirayā, evam'eko kumudo nirayo.

kumuda2

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • 白睡蓮（Nymphaea nouchali）；蓮花

  • white water-lily (Nymphaea nouchali); the lotus plant

  • Dhp 285

    ucchinda sineham'attano, kumudaṃ sāradikaṃ'va, santimaggam'eva brūhaya, nibbānaṃ sugatena desitaṃ.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Kumuda
Person

  • 一處地獄，嚴格說是一段長達十二個 Paduma 之久的受苦期，俱迦利比丘即墮於此 Kumuda 地獄。

  • A hell, or more precisely a vast span of suffering equal to twelve Padumas, into which the monk Kokālika was reborn.

Kumuda2
Person

  • Sobhita 佛最後一世為在家人時所居三座宮殿之一。

  • One of the three palaces occupied by the Buddha Sobhita during his final life as a layman.

Kumuda3
Place

  • 一座城市，Piyadassī 佛的仇敵 Soṇa 曾在此利用象王 Doṇamukha 圖謀加害於佛，未能得逞。

  • A city where Soṇa, an enemy of the Buddha Piyadassī, made an unsuccessful attempt on his life using the elephant Doṇamukha.

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