Pāli Dictionary

mahānāma

mahāprefixnāmaroot

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • 人名(佛教傳統中多位同名人物,最著名者為釋迦族居士、佛陀堂弟,另有阿羅漢比丘、離車族人及獨覺佛等)

  • name of several individuals in the Buddhist tradition, most notably a Sākiyan layman and cousin of the Buddha, as well as an arahant monk, a Licchavi, and a privately awakened Buddha

  • SN 55.21

    atha kho mahānāmo sakko yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ nisīdi.

  • MN 116

    bodhi mahānāmo atho'pi uttaro, kesī sikhī sundaro dvārabhājo, tiss'ūpatissā bhavabandhanacchidā, upasikhi taṇhacchido ca sikhari.

  • 樹名(一種植物,常指大戟科植物或蘆薈等)

  • name of a tree or plant (often identified as a species of Euphorbia or aloe)

  • (作形容詞)有大名的;著名的;或有很多名字的

  • (adjective) having a great name; famous; or having many names

Encyclopedia

9 entries

  • 舍衛城一個婆羅門家庭出身的僧人,因無法降伏雜念而心生絕望,爬上懸崖欲跳崖自盡,卻在此刻悟道證得阿羅漢果;他前生曾是一位博學的婆羅門導師,曾以蜂蜜供養 Sumedha 佛。

  • A monk of a brahmin family in Sāvatthi who, in despair at being unable to quell unwholesome thoughts, climbed a cliff intending to throw himself off but gained insight and attained Arahantship instead, having in a past life as a learned brahmin teacher offered honey to Sumedha Buddha.

Thag 1.115
  • 佛陀最初教化的五比丘之一,後來在 Macchikāsaṇḍa 感化了長者 Citta,獲其佈施 Ambāṭakavana 園林建為僧團精舍。

  • One of the five ascetics first taught by the Buddha, who later converted the householder Citta of Macchikāsaṇḍa and received from him the Ambāṭakavana grove as a monastery gift to the Order.

  • 釋迦族王子,Amitodana 之子,阿那律之兄,佛陀的堂兄弟,以慷慨佈施僧團著稱,被譽為供養上等飲食第一人。

  • A Sakyan prince, son of Amitodana, elder brother of Anuruddha and cousin of the Buddha, renowned for his generosity to the Saṅgha and declared foremost among givers of choice alms.

MN 14MN 53SN 55.21SN 55.22SN 55.54AN 3.73AN 8.25AN 11.11AN 11.12
  • 一位離車族人,見幾位年輕離車人向佛陀行禮時斥其言行不一,此事記載於《Kumāra 經》。

  • A Licchavi who, on seeing young Licchavis paying homage to the Buddha, accused them of inconsistency, an exchange recorded in the Kumāra Sutta.

  • 公元409至431年在位的斯里蘭卡國王,本曾出家,還俗後即位,建有救濟病患的場所;覺音尊者正是在他在位期間抵達斯里蘭卡並撰寫註釋書。

  • A king of Sri Lanka (409-431 A.C.) who took the throne after leaving monastic life, built refuges for the sick, and during whose reign Buddhaghosa arrived on the island and composed his commentaries.

  • Dīghasaṇḍa 寺的住持,一般被認為是《大史》較早部分的作者。

  • The incumbent of the Dīghasaṇḍa monastery who is generally regarded as the author of the older portion of the chronicle Mahāvaṃsa.

  • 《正法顯揚》(《無礙解道》註釋書)的作者,應一位同名在家信眾之請而撰。

  • The author of the Saddhammappakāsanī, a commentary on the Paṭisambhidāmagga, written at the request of a lay disciple of the same name.

  • 指向 Mahānanda 的參見條目。

  • A cross-reference to Mahānanda.

  • Nāgadīpa 的一處湖泊,鄰近 Mucalinda 林。

  • A lake in Nāgadīpa, situated near the Mucalinda forest.

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