Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
migh1灑;淋
monastic
彌醯;比丘名,曾為佛陀侍者,後證阿羅漢果
Meghiya; name of an arahant monk and personal attendant of the Buddha
Encyclopedia
Meghiya
Person釋迦族出身的一位比丘,曾一度擔任佛陀的侍者;執意獨自到芒果林禪修卻為惡念所困,後歸來聽聞佛陀教導五種助於解脫的條件而證得阿羅漢果。
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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