Pāli Dictionary

nigaṇṭha

niprefixganthrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ganth1बाँधना; बांधना

general

  • जैन संन्यासी; नग्न तपस्वी; निग्रन्थ

  • a Jain ascetic; a naked ascetic; a follower of Mahāvīra

  • SN 3.11

    tena kho pana samayena satta ca jaṭilā satta ca nigaṇṭhā satta ca acelakā satta ca ekasāṭakā satta ca paribbājakā parūḷhakacchanakhalomā khārivividham'ādāya bhagavato avidūre atikkamanti.

  • MN 13

    tena kho pana samayena sambahulā nigaṇṭhā isigilipasse kāḷasilāyaṃ ubbhaṭṭhakā honti āsanapaṭikkhittā, opakkamikā dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā vedanā vedayanti.

  • महावीर; जैन धर्म के संस्थापक

  • Mahāvīra; the founder of Jainism (specifically referred to as Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta)

  • SN 2.30

    pakudhako kātiyāno nigaṇṭho, ye c'āp'ime makkhalipūraṇāse, gaṇassa satthāro sāmaññappattā, na hi nūna te sappurisehi dūre'ti.

nigantha

approximate

niprefixganthrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ganth1बाँधना; बांधना

general

  • जैन तपस्वी; नग्न तपस्वी; महावीर का अनुयायी; (विशेष रूप से) स्वयं महावीर (नातपुत्त)

  • a Jain ascetic; a naked ascetic; a follower of Mahāvīra; (specifically) Mahāvīra (Nātaputta) himself

  • MN 14

    ekam'id'āhaṃ, mahānāma, samayaṃ rājagahe viharāmi gijjhakūṭe pabbate. tena kho pana samayena sambahulā niganthā isigilipasse kāḷasilāyaṃ ubbhaṭṭhakā honti āsanapaṭikkhittā, opakkamikā dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā vedanā vedayanti.

Encyclopedia

Nigaṇṭhā
Otherapproximate

  • Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta के जैन अनुयायी, जो एक ही वस्त्र धारण करने के कारण नग्न तपस्वियों से भिन्न थे, बुद्ध के समय मुख्यतः Vesāli और Nāḷandā में केंद्रित थे।

  • The Jain followers of Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta, distinguished from naked ascetics by wearing a single garment, centred chiefly in Vesāli and Nāḷandā during the Buddha’s time.

AN 3.70MN 14AN 10.78

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