Pāli Dictionary

mahāli

mahāstemlisuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

mah1increase

general

  • name of a Licchavi chief and other individuals

  • SN 22.60

    atthi, mahāli, hetu atthi paccayo sattānaṃ saṃkilesāya, sahetū sappaccayā sattā saṃkilissanti. atthi, mahāli, hetu, atthi paccayo sattānaṃ visuddhiyā, sahetū sappaccayā sattā visujjhantī'ti.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Mahāli
Person

  • A Licchavi chief of Vesāli, educated at Takkasilā, who went blind while teaching young Licchavi nobles and is remembered for his unheeded warning to them not to provoke Bandhula.

SN 22.60
Mahāli2
Other

  • See Oṭṭhaddha.

Mahāli3
Person

  • A Sakyan prince, one of seven grandsons of Amitodana who came to Sri Lanka and settled there.

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