Pāli Dictionary

māgha1

maghastemasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

maghadeva, makhādeva, vāsava, sahassanetta, sahassakkha

general

  • 摩伽；帝釋天（忉利天王）之別名

  • 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

  • 摩伽月；印度歷月名（約當一月至二月間）

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

Encyclopedia

5 entries

Māgha
Person

  • 古時的一位仙人。

  • A sage of ancient times.

Māgha2
Person

  • 王舍城一位青年，向佛陀請教以正當方式獲得的財物用以佈施是否能獲大果報，聞佛陀肯定的回答後成為其追隨者。

  • 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

  • 指向帝釋與摩伽（Magha）條目的參見條目。

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

Māgha4
Person

  • 來自羯陵伽的一名篡位者，約公元1215年率喀拉拉戰士入侵斯里蘭卡，廢黜並致盲波羅迦羅摩巴忽二世，在鉢羅提城稱王二十餘年並迫害佛教。

  • 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

  • 帝釋天前生為凡人時的名字，出生於摩揭陀國 Macala-gāma 村，後來因此得名 Maghavā，成為忉利天之主的稱號。

  • 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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