Pāli Dictionary

majjhima

majjhastemimasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Literal

middle-most

Antonyms

thera, nava, jiṇṇa

general

  • middle; central; medium; middling; moderate

  • DN 9

    ucco vā nīco vā majjhimo vā

  • AN 3.65

    iti kho, ānanda, kammaṃ khettaṃ, viññāṇaṃ bījaṃ, taṇhā sneho. avijjānīvaraṇānaṃ sattānaṃ taṇhāsaṃyojanānaṃ majjhimāya dhātuyā viññāṇaṃ patiṭṭhitaṃ evaṃ āyatiṃ punabbhav'ābhinibbatti hoti.

  • MN 79

    iti puṭṭho no'ti vadeyya. tam'enaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ, ambho purisa, yaṃ tvaṃ janapadakalyāṇiṃ icchasi kāmesi, jānāsi taṃ janapadakalyāṇiṃ, dīghā vā rassā vā majjhimā vā kāḷī vā sāmā vā maṅguracchavī vā'ti.

  • (grammar) the second person

  • (as neuter noun) the waist

monastic

  • (vinaya) a monk of middle standing, five to ten years since ordination

  • MN 3

    therā, āvuso, bhikkhū imehi tīhi ṭhānehi pāsaṃsā bhavanti. tatrāvuso, majjhimā bhikkhū

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

majjhāimā
  1. majjhā

    people of Majjha; the Majjhas

  2. imā

    these (feminine plural)

Encyclopedia

Majjhima
Person

  • An Arahant sent as missionary to the Himalayan region after the Third Council, where he and four companions taught the Dhamma and are said to have converted five kingdoms and led vast numbers to Stream-winning.

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