Pāli Dictionary

nigaṇṭha

niprefixganthrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ganth1묶다

general

  • 자이나교 수행자; 나형 고행자; 니간타

  • 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.

  • 마하비라; 자이나교의 교조

  • 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

ganth1묶다

general

  • 자이나교 수행자; 나형 외도; 마하비라의 추종자; (특히) 마하비라(나타풋타) 자신

  • 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

  • 니간타 나타풋타의 자이나교 신자들로, 한 벌의 옷을 입어 나체 고행자들과 구별되며, 붓다 시대에 주로 베살리와 날란다에 집중되어 있었다.

  • 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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