Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
migh1洒;淋
monastic
弥醯;比丘名,曾为佛陀侍者,后证阿罗汉果
Meghiya; name of an arahant monk and personal attendant of the Buddha
Encyclopedia
Meghiya
Person释迦族出身的一位比丘,曾一度担任佛陀的侍者;执意独自到芒果林禅修却为恶念所困,后归来听闻佛陀教导五种助于解脱的条件而证得阿罗汉果。
A Sakyan monk who served for a time as the Buddha’s personal attendant; after insisting on meditating alone in a mango grove and being overwhelmed by evil thoughts, he returned and attained Arahantship through the Buddha’s teaching on the five conditions for liberation.
Thag 1.66Ud 4.1AN 9.3
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