Pāli Dictionary

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mahātissa
  1. mahā

    大;巨大;廣大;強大;偉大;尊貴(主要用作 mahanta 的陽性主格單數及複合詞前綴)

  2. tissa

    鬼宿;推沙星宿(巨蟹座)

Encyclopedia

16 entries

  • 斯里蘭卡 Bhaggari 一位阿羅漢長老,被列為菩薩過去生中 Kuddālaka、Mūgapakkha 等多次法會最後一批與會者之一。

  • An Arahant thera of Bhaggari in Sri Lanka, listed among the last survivors of assemblies such as the Kuddālaka and Mūgapakkha gatherings held during the Bodhisatta’s various past births.

  • 人稱 Vanavāsī-Mahātissa,他曾目睹帝釋天等諸天神前來侍奉其聖潔同修 Alindakavāsī Mahāphussadeva,自己卻只能感知到諸天的光輝而已。

  • Known as Vanavāsī-Mahātissa, a monk who witnessed Sakka and other deities attending on his holy colleague Alindakavāsī Mahāphussadeva, though he himself perceived only their radiance.

  • 人稱 Ambakhādaka-Mahātissa,居於 Ciragumba,是不接受因言語暗示而得之食物的持戒典範。

  • Known as Ambakhādaka-Mahātissa, a monk of Ciragumba cited as an example of one who refused to accept food obtained by hinting his desire for it.

  • Cetiyagiri 一位比丘,見一婦人展齒而笑,因觀其牙骨之相當下證得阿羅漢果。

  • A monk of Cetiyagiri who attained Arahantship on the spot after a smiling woman’s teeth prompted him to perceive only a heap of bones.

  • Puṇṇavallika 一位比丘,因月夜遠眺大塔而生起禪悅,長期憶念修習,終獲神通能騰空飛抵大塔。

  • A monk of Puṇṇavallika who, entering rapture at moonlit sight of the Great Thūpa, developed the meditative power to eventually travel there through the air.

  • Mahākarañjiya 寺一位長老,藉安般念修習證得阿羅漢果,並因此得以自定壽限。

  • An elder of the Mahākarañjiya monastery who became an Arahant through mindfulness of breathing and was thereby able to determine the length of his own lifespan.

  • 一位比丘,在 Kalyāṇigāma 村托鉢乞食時,因目睹不雅之相而心生染汙。

  • A monk whose mind was momentarily defiled by an unseemly sight while begging for alms in Kalyāṇigāma.

  • Bhokkantagāma 附近 Maṇḍalārāma 寺的住持,精通《法句經》諷誦;Sumanā 曾在他座下的僧眾集會中述說自己的前生。

  • The incumbent of Maṇḍalārāma near Bhokkantagāma, a reciter of the Dhammapada, in whose presence Sumanā recounted her past.

  • 出身 Okkāka 世系之人,Dappula I 之父,另育有二子一女。

  • A man of the Okkāka lineage, father of King Dappula I, with two other sons and a daughter.

  • Koṭapabbata 寺住持,Asubhakammika Tissa 之師,具阿羅漢果;他以天耳聽聞他人描述大塔勝景,評其所述並不完整。

  • An Arahant incumbent of Koṭapabbata monastery and teacher of Asubhakammika Tissa, who heard with his divine ear a monk’s description of the Great Thūpa’s marvels and pronounced it incomplete.

  • Kambugallaka 寺住持,與 Kupikkala 寺的 Mahātissa 一同勸阻國王 Vaṭṭagāmaṇī 諸大臣叛離國王,後受託管理他們所建的諸寺院。

  • The incumbent of Kambugallaka monastery who, together with his colleague Mahātissa of Kupikkala, persuaded King Vaṭṭagāmaṇī’s ministers not to abandon him, and was later put in charge of the monasteries they had built.

  • Kupikkala 寺住持,曾在國王 Vaṭṭagāmaṇī 逃亡藏匿期間供其一餐,後與 Kambugallaka 寺同道一起勸阻大臣叛亂,之後受託掌管 Abhayagiri 寺。

  • The incumbent of Kupikkala monastery who sheltered the fugitive King Vaṭṭagāmaṇī with a meal and later, along with his colleague at Kambugallaka, dissuaded the king’s ministers from revolt; he was subsequently given charge of the Abhayagiri monastery.

  • 大寺(Mahāvihāra)住持,因與俗家往來過密而被逐出僧團,此事促使其弟子 Bahalamassutissa 另立門戶、創立 Abhayagiri 派。

  • The incumbent of the Mahāvihāra expelled for excessive association with lay families, an event that led his pupil Bahalamassutissa to secede and found a new sect at Abhayagiri.

  • Anurārāma 寺住持,深得國王 Vohārīka Tissa 敬重,王特命於 Mucelapaṭṭana 定期供其飲食。

  • The incumbent of Anurārāma so admired by King Vohārīka Tissa that the king ordered regular alms to be given him at Mucelapaṭṭana.

  • 一位年屆六十的長老,誤以為自己已證阿羅漢,其弟子 Dhammadinna 尊者以神通幻化一採蓮少女,令其貪慾現形而自知未證,是日精進用功,終獲真實阿羅漢果。

  • An elder who, despite sixty years as a monk, mistakenly believed himself an Arahant until his pupil Dhammadinna, using psychic power to conjure a girl picking lotuses, exposed the lust still in his heart, prompting him to strive and attain true Arahantship that same day.

  • Cittalapabbata 寺住持,為慾念所擾;其師命其精心營建一間禪房後僅住一夜,他當夜精進修行即證阿羅漢果。

  • An incumbent of Cittalapabbata troubled by lustful thoughts, whose teacher had him painstakingly build a cell and then occupy it for a single night — during which he strove and attained Arahantship.

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