Pāli Dictionary

makhādeva

makhāstemdevastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

maghadeva, vāsava, māgha, sahassanetta, sahassakkha

general

  • DPD 釋為帝釋天（Sakka）的別名；更常見的用法是指彌絺羅國賢王摩訶提婆（摩伽提婆），見白髮即出家（見 MN 83）；也指以他命名的芒果園

  • 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”

  • 佛陀行至一處芒果林中微笑，向阿難講述一位國王見白髮而出家為苦行者的故事，並說明該王的傳承僅能引至梵天，唯有佛陀的教法能導向究竟證悟。

  • 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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