Pāli Dictionary

makhādeva

makhāstemdevastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

maghadeva, vāsava, māgha, sahassanetta, sahassakkha

general

  • DPD 释为帝释天（Sakka）的别名；更常见的用法是指弥絺罗国贤王摩诃提婆（摩伽提婆），见白发即出家（见 MN 83）；也指以他命名的芒果园

  • a proper name: in DPD given as an epithet of Sakka; more commonly, the righteous king Makhādeva/Maghadeva of Mithilā who renounced the throne on seeing a grey hair (MN 83); also a mango grove named after him

Encyclopedia

Maghādeva Sutta
Suttamatched via “Makhādeva”

  • 佛陀行至一处芒果林中微笑，向阿难讲述一位国王见白发而出家为苦行者的故事，并说明该王的传承仅能引至梵天，唯有佛陀的教法能导向究竟证悟。

  • A discourse in which the Buddha, smiling at a certain spot in a mango grove, tells Ānanda the story of a king who renounced the world on seeing his first grey hair, explaining that while that king’s tradition led only to the Brahmā world, the Buddha’s own teaching leads to full enlightenment.

MN 83

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