Pāli Dictionary

majjhima

majjhastemimasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Literal

middle-most

Antonyms

thera, nava, jiṇṇa

general

  • du milieu; central; moyen

  • 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.

  • (grammaire) deuxième personne

  • (grammar) the second person

  • (neutre) taille (du corps)

  • (as neuter noun) the waist

monastic

  • (vinaya) moine d’ancienneté moyenne (cinq à dix ans depuis l’ordination)

  • (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

    les gens de Majjha; les Majjhas

  2. imā

    ces (féminin pluriel)

Encyclopedia

Majjhima
Person

  • Un arahant envoyé comme missionnaire dans la région himalayenne après le troisième concile, où lui et quatre compagnons enseignèrent le Dhamma et auraient converti cinq royaumes, menant un vaste nombre de personnes à l’entrée dans le courant.

  • 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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