Pāli Dictionary

moggallāna

muggalastemmoggalastem*yānasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

mahāmoggallāna, vaṅgantaputta

general

  • Moggallāna (Mahāmoggallāna); one of the two chief disciples of the Buddha, foremost in psychic power; also a family or clan name.

  • MN 32

    idh'āvuso moggallāna, bhikkhu cittaṃ vasaṃ vatteti, no ca bhikkhu cittassa vasena vattati. so yāya vihārasamāpattiyā ākaṅkhati pubb'aṇhasamayaṃ viharituṃ, tāya vihārasamāpattiyā pubb'aṇhasamayaṃ viharati.

  • AN 7.61

    tato tvaṃ, moggallāna, uṭṭhāy'āsanā udakena akkhīni anumajjitvā disā anuvilokeyyāsi, nakkhattāni tārakarūpāni ullokeyyāsi

  • Moggallāna; a 12th-century Pāli grammarian, or his grammatical treatise (Moggallānavyākaraṇa); also the name of a Ceylonese Thera who authored the Abhidhānappadīpikā.

moggalla

muggalastem*yasuffix

via inflected form moggallāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Moggalla; a minister in the retinue of King Eḷeyya and a follower of Uddaka Rāmaputta.

  • AN 4.187

    ime'pi rañño eḷeyyassa parihārakā bālā, yamako moggallo uggo nāvindakī gandhabbo aggivesso, ye samaṇe rāmaputte abhippasannā, samaṇe ca pana rāmaputte evarūpaṃ paramanipaccakāraṃ karonti, yadidaṃ abhivādanaṃ paccuṭṭhānaṃ añjalikammaṃ sāmīcikamman'ti.

Encyclopedia

10 entries

Moggallāna
Other

  • A name that refers to Mahā-Moggallāna, chief disciple of the Buddha.

Moggallāna2
Other

  • A twelfth-century Pāli grammarian noted for his scholarship in Sri Lanka.

Moggallāna3
Person

  • A Sri Lankan monk who compiled the Pāli lexicon Abhidhānappadīpikā.

Moggallāna4
Person

  • Younger son of King Dhātusena who became King Moggallāna I of Sri Lanka, ruling from Anurādhapura for eighteen years after defeating his brother Kassapa.

Moggallāna5
Person

  • Eldest son of Silākāla who became King Moggallāna II, also called Cūḷa-Moggallāna, a poet-king of Sri Lanka remembered for promoting Buddhist learning and building reservoirs.

Moggallāna6
Person

  • A general who rebelled and became King Moggallāna III of Sri Lanka, also known as Dabba Moggallāna, ruling for six years before being killed in a revolt.

Moggallāna7
Person

  • A nobleman of Rohaṇa titled Mahāsāmi, father of King Vijayabāhu I of Sri Lanka.

Moggallāna8
Person

  • An eminent Sri Lankan monk who assisted Mahā-Kassapa in purifying the Saṅgha at a council held under King Parakkamabāhu I.

Moggallāna9
Other

  • A cross-reference pointing to three other figures named Moggallāna: Sikha, Gaṇaka, and Gopaka.

Moggallāna10
Sutta

  • A discourse in the Saṃyutta Nikāya recounting how Mahā-Moggallāna used his psychic power to shake a monastery hall and rouse complacent monks, prompting the Buddha’s praise.

SN 51.14

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