Pāli Dictionary

malla

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Ringer; Athlet

  • wrestler; professional fighter

mallā1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • die Mallas (ein altes Volk, eines der sechzehn Großreiche, mit Hauptstädten in Pāvā und Kusinārā)

  • the Mallas (an ancient Pāli-period people/clan, one of the sixteen great nations, centered on Pāvā and Kusinārā)

  • DN 16

    assosuṃ kho pāveyyakā mallā bhagavā kira kusinārāyaṃ parinibbuto'ti

  • Ud 7.9

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā mallesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ yena thūṇaṃ nāma mallānaṃ brāhmaṇagāmo tadavasari.

mallā2

approximate

mallastemāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • die Mallas; Angehöriger des Malla-Stammes

  • the Mallas; people of the Malla clan; an ancient Indian tribe

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Mallā
Placeapproximate

  • Ein Volk und sein Land, eines der sechzehn großen Königreiche zur Zeit des Buddha, aufgeteilt zwischen den beiden Hauptstädten Pāvā und Kusinārā; in Letzterer verstarb der Buddha, nachdem er in Ersterer seine letzte Mahlzeit eingenommen hatte.

  • A people and their country, one of the sixteen great kingdoms of the Buddha’s time, divided between the twin capitals of Pāvā and Kusinārā, the latter being where the Buddha passed away after taking his last meal at the former.

Mallā2
Personapproximate

  • Eine Bhikkhunī, die aus Jambudīpa nach Sri Lanka kam und in Anurādhapura zu einer angesehenen Vinaya-Lehrerin wurde.

  • A bhikkhuṇī who came to Sri Lanka from Jambudīpa and became an eminent teacher of the Vinaya at Anurādhapura.

DN 16SN 6.15SN 42.11AN 3.70AN 9.41Ud 7.9

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