Pāli Dictionary

majjhima

majjhastemimasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Literal

middle-most

Antonyms


general

  • 中の;中間の;中位の

  • 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.

  • (文法)二人称

  • (grammar) the second person

  • (中性名詞)腰

  • (as neuter noun) the waist

monastic

  • (律)中臘の比丘(法臘五年以上十年未満)

  • (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

    マッチャの人々;摩差人

  2. imā

    これら(女性複数)

Encyclopedia

Majjhima
Person
  • 第三結集の後にヒマラヤ地方へ伝道師として派遣された阿羅漢で、四人の仲間とともに法を説き、五つの王国を改宗させ多数の人々を預流果に導いたと伝えられる。

  • 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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