Pāli Dictionary

majjhima

majjhastemimasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Literal

middle-most

Antonyms

thera, nava, jiṇṇa

general

  • mittlerer; zentral; mittelmäßig

  • 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.

  • (Grammatik) zweite Person

  • (grammar) the second person

  • (Neutrum) Taille

  • (as neuter noun) the waist

monastic

  • (Vinaya) Mönch mittleren Ordinationsalters (fünf bis zehn Jahre)

  • (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

    die Menschen von Majjha; die Majjhas

  2. imā

    diese (Femininum Plural)

Encyclopedia

Majjhima
Person

  • Ein Arahant, der nach dem Dritten Konzil als Missionar in die Himalaya-Region entsandt wurde, wo er mit vier Gefährten die Lehre verbreitete und angeblich fünf Königreiche bekehrte und zahllose Menschen zum Stromeintritt führte.

  • 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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