Pāli Dictionary

mātaṅga

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms


general

  • an elephant

  • Dhp 329

    no ce labhetha nipakaṃ sahāyaṃ, saddhiṃcaraṃ sādhuvihāridhīraṃ, rājā'va raṭṭhaṃ vijitaṃ pahāya, eko care mātaṅga-araññe'va nāgo.

  • 賤民;低種姓之人

  • a man of low (outcaste) social class

Encyclopedia

4 entries

  • 菩薩轉生為賤民,其事蹟見於《摩登伽本生》。

  • The Bodhisatta born as an outcaste, whose story is told in the Mātaṅga Jātaka.

  • 最後一位在世的辟支佛,聞知未來佛已降生人間的消息後,即在摩訶波波多山涅槃。

  • The last Pacceka Buddha to live, who passed away at Mount Mahāpapāta upon hearing that the Buddha-to-be had appeared in the world.

MN 116
  • 一位賤民出身的隱士,因兩次不慎踩到另一位苦行者夷提曼多而遭其咒詛,他反而使太陽無法升起以為報復,此故事與提婆羅和那羅陀的傳說相仿。

  • An outcaste hermit who was cursed by another ascetic, Jātimanta, for accidentally treading on him twice, and who stopped the sun from rising in retaliation, a story paralleling that of Devala and Nārada.

  • 摩登伽子(Mātaṅgaputta)之父。

  • The father of Mātaṅgaputta.

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