Pāli Dictionary

māgha1

maghastemasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

maghadeva, makhādeva, vāsava, sahassanetta, sahassakkha

general

  • Māgha, an epithet of Sakka (king of the devas)

  • SN 2.3

    atha kho māgho devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ aṭṭhāsi.

māgha2

maghastemasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Māgha, name of a lunar month (roughly January-February)

Encyclopedia

5 entries

Māgha
Person

  • A sage of ancient times.

Māgha2
Person

  • A young man of Rājagaha who asked the Buddha whether rightfully obtained gifts bear great fruit and, on hearing the Buddha’s affirmative answer, became his follower.

Māgha3
Other

  • A cross-reference entry pointing to the entries on Sakka and Magha.

Māgha4
Person

  • A usurper from Kāliṅga who invaded Sri Lanka with Kerala warriors around 1215 CE, deposed and blinded King Parakkamabāhu II, and ruled Pulatthipura for over two decades while persecuting Buddhism.

Magha
Personapproximate

  • The name Sakka bore in a previous human birth in Macala-gāma in Magadha, from which he later derived the title Maghavā as ruler of Tāvatiṃsa.

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