Pāli Dictionary

meṇḍaka1

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • 公羊;綿羊

  • a ram; a sheep

meṇḍaka2

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • 面達迦;一位富有的在家弟子,毗舍佉的祖父

  • Meṇḍaka, a wealthy lay disciple, grandfather of Visākhā

Encyclopedia

  • Aṅga 國 Bhaddiya-nagara 的一位鉅富居士,是頻婆娑羅王五大財政官之一、Dhanañjaya 之父,聞法證得初果後,其家中糧食、飲食、錢財、種子皆傳說取之不竭。

  • A very wealthy householder of Bhaddiya-nagara in Aṅga, one of King Bimbisāra’s five treasurers and father of Dhanañjaya, whose household was famed for miraculous, inexhaustible supplies of grain, food, money and seed after he became a Stream-winner through the Buddha’s teaching.

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