Pāli Dictionary

nāga

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms


cosmology

  • 龙;那伽(居于水中或地下、能变形的蛇神,与金翅鸟为敌);蛇;眼镜蛇

  • nāga; supernatural serpent-being (shape-shifting, dwelling in water or underground, enemy of the garuḷas); snake, cobra

  • DN 20

    ye nāgarāje sahasā haranti

  • MN 23

    abhikkhaṇanto sumedho satthaṃ ādāya addasa nāgaṃ

  • AN 6.43

    uragam'pi kho, udāyi, mahantaṃ brahantaṃ kāy'upapannaṃ jano disvā evam'āha, nāgo vata, bho, nāgo'ti!

general

  • 象;大象(尤指王家战象)

  • bull elephant; tusker (especially a royal war elephant)

  • MN 61

    rañño nāgo īsādanto urūḷhavā abhijāto saṅgāmāvacaro

  • Thig 3.4

    nāgo pasārayī pādaṃ, puriso nāgamāruhi

  • 铁力木(那伽树,Mesua ferrea)

  • the nāga tree; ironwood tree (Mesua ferrea)

  • AN 6.43

    rukkham'pi kho, udāyi, mahantaṃ brahantaṃ kāy'upapannaṃ jano disvā evam'āha, nāgo vata, bho, nāgo'ti!

doctrine

  • 最胜者;龙象(喻);佛陀与阿罗汉的尊称

  • the mighty one; the most excellent of its kind; epithet of the Buddha and of arahants

  • AN 6.43

    āguṃ na karoti kāyena vācāya manasā, tamahaṃ nāgoti brūmī

  • Snp 5.13

    okañ'jahaṃ taṇhacchidaṃ anejaṃ, nandiñ'jahaṃ oghatiṇṇaṃ vimuttaṃ, kappañ'jahaṃ abhiyāce sumedhaṃ, sutvāna nāgassa apanamissanti ito.

naga

approximate

naprefixgamrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

gam1行;去

Synonyms


general

  • mountain

  • Thag 19.1

    nagā samuddā saritā vasun'dharā, disā catasso vidisā adho divā, sabbe aniccā tibhavā upaddutā, kuhiṃ gato citta sukhaṃ ramissasi.

Encyclopedia

12 entries

Nāgā
Person
  • Sujāta 佛的首席女弟子。

  • The chief woman disciple of the Buddha Sujāta.

Nāgā2
Person
  • Phussa 佛的主要女性护持者之一。

  • One of the chief women supporters of the Buddha Phussa.

Nāgā3
Person
  • Asokamālā 的前生之一,当时她是 Muṇḍagaṅgā 工匠 Tissa(后称 Sāliya)之妻。

  • A former birth of Asokamālā, when she was the wife of the artisan Tissa (later called Sāliya) of Muṇḍagaṅgā.

Nāgā4
Person
  • Bhātaragāma 的一位阿罗汉比丘尼,曾在劫掠中与同伴逃难,得一棵榕树的树神供养食物,她有一位名叫 Nāga 的兄弟。

  • An Arahant nun of Bhātaragāma who fled with her companions during a pillage and was sustained by the deity of a banyan tree; she had a brother also named Nāga.

Nāgā5
Other
  • 佛教神话中蛇形的半神类众生,据说力大无穷、具有神通,并能随意化为人形。

  • A class of serpent-like semi-divine beings in Buddhist mythology, credited with great strength, magical powers, and the ability to assume human form at will.

Nāgā6
Person
  • 斯里兰卡一位德高望重的长老尼(Therī)。

  • An eminent nun (Therī) of Sri Lanka.

Nāgā7
Person
  • 住在 Rājāyatana 塔附近的一位在家女信众,曾供养六十位化缘无着的僧人,因此获国王赐予整座岛屿,该岛后来以她之名称为 Nāgadīpa。

  • A laywoman who fed sixty hungry monks near the Rājāyatana shrine and was rewarded by the king with an entire island, which came to be called Nāgadīpa after her.

Nāga
Personapproximate
  • 斯里兰卡一位杰出的长老,以精通律藏教学著称。

  • An eminent Sri Lankan Thera renowned as a teacher of the Vinaya.

Nāga2
Personapproximate
  • 斯里兰卡穆吒斯瓦(Muṭasīva)王十子中的第三子,天爱帝须(Devānampiyatissa)王之弟。

  • The third of the ten sons of King Muṭasīva of Sri Lanka, and a brother of King Devānampiyatissa.

Nāga3
Personapproximate
  • 斯里兰卡一位长老,生活在婆罗门帝须(Brahmaṇatissa)劫掠时期,其妹是阿罗汉比丘尼那伽(Nāgā)。

  • A Sri Lankan Thera active during the depredations of Brahmaṇatissa, whose sister was the Arahant nun Nāgā.

Nāga4
Personapproximate
  • 斯里兰卡迦罗利耶山(Kāraliyagiri)的一位长老,十八年不曾说法,后来凭记忆完美讲授《界论》(Dhātukathā)。

  • An elder of Kāraliyagiri in Sri Lanka who, after eighteen years without teaching, later expounded the Dhātukathā flawlessly from memory.

Nāga5
Otherapproximate
  • 一个指引条目,指向同名的其他人物,如盗贼那伽(Coranāga)、大那伽(Mahānāga)等。

  • A cross-reference entry pointing to other bearers of the name, such as Coranāga and Mahānāga.

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