Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
nand1delight; enjoy
general
Nandiya; name of an arahant monk who was a companion of Anuruddha and Kimbila.
MN 31
evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā nātike viharati giñjak'āvasathe. tena kho pana samayena āyasmā ca anuruddho āyasmā ca nandiyo āyasmā ca kimilo gosiṅgasālavanadāye viharanti.
Nandiya; name of several other individuals in early Buddhist texts, including a Sākiyan layman, a paribbājaka, and a householder of Benares.
Part of speech
noun · feminine
Root
nand1delight; enjoy
Synonyms
general
joy; pleasure; delight; enjoyment
a drum announcing or accompanying proclamations; joy-drum
(as aorist verb) was glad; found delight; rejoiced; enjoyed
doctrine
craving; thirst; attachment; delight in existence (often synonymous with taṇhā)
Part of speech
noun · feminine
Root
nand1delight; enjoy
Synonyms
doctrine
joy; delight; pleasure; enjoyment; (in doctrinal context) craving, attachment, or relish (often synonymous with taṇhā)
general
taking pleasure (in); enjoying; finding delight (in)
AN 10.176
iti bhinnānaṃ vā sandhātā sahitānaṃ vā anuppadātā samagg'ārāmo samaggarato samagganandī samaggakaraṇiṃ vācaṃ bhāsitā hoti
Snp 5.15
ākiñcaññasambhavaṃ ñatvā, nandī saṃyojanaṃ iti, evam'etaṃ abhiññāya, tato tattha vipassati, etaṃ ñāṇaṃ tathaṃ tassa, brāhmaṇassa vusīmato'ti.
a drum (used for announcing or accompanying proclamations); a victory drum
Encyclopedia
7 entries
Nandiya
PersonA Sakyan of Kapilavatthu who left the world alongside Anuruddha and Kimbila, soon attained Arahantship, and once drove away Māra when he appeared in a terrifying form.
Nandiya2
PersonA Sakyan layman, to be distinguished from the monk of the same name, who discussed with the Buddha the difference between a heedless and a diligent noble disciple and was later taught the conditions leading to the destruction of evil.
Nandiya3
PersonA pious householder of Bārāṇasī who built a great hall at Isipatana monastery and, upon its dedication, gained a celestial mansion in Tāvatiṃsa, later seen there by Mahā-Moggallāna.
Nandiya4
PersonA wandering ascetic who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and asked about the conditions for attaining nibbāna, receiving in reply the teaching of the Noble Eightfold Path.
Nandiya5
PersonThe Bodhisatta born as a monkey, whose story is told in the Cūḷanandiya Jātaka, also called Mahā Nandiya to distinguish him from his brother.
Nandiya6
PersonThe Bodhisatta born as a deer, whose story is recounted in the Nandiyamiga Jātaka.
Nandiya7
PersonA king who lived sixteen world-cycles ago, a former birth of the elder Tilamuṭṭhidāyaka.
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