Pāli Dictionary

maddava1

mudrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

mud1嬉しい

ethics

  • 柔和な；穏やかな

  • mild; gentle; soft (of character)

general

  • しおれた；しなびた

  • withered; shrivelled

  • Dhp 377

    vassikā viya pupphāni, maddavāni pamuñcati, evaṃ rāgañ'ca dosañ'ca, vippamuñcetha bhikkhavo.

maddava2

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

nivāta

ethics

  • 柔和さ；温和；謙虚さ

  • softness; mildness; gentleness; humility

  • AN 2.165

    katame dve? ajjavañ'ca maddavañ'ca. ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā.

  • Snp 2.2

    yo tesu gutto vidit'indriyo care, dhamme ṭhito ajjavamaddave rato, saṅg'ātigo sabbadukkhappahīno, na lippati diṭṭhasutesu dhīro.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Maddava
Person

  • パンナカ・ジャータカで語られる物語における、菩薩であった大臣セーナカを持つバーラーナシー王

  • A king of Bārāṇasī whose councillor Senaka was the Bodhisatta, in the story told in the Paṇṇaka Jātaka.

Maddava2
Person

  • マッダ国のサーガラの王で、その娘はサーヴァッティーのアニッティガンダクマーラに嫁いだが、夫の家へ向かう途中で亡くなった

  • A king of Sāgala in the Madda country whose daughter, given in marriage to Anitthigandhakumāra of Sāvatthi, died on the way to her husband’s house.

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