Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
ganth1繫；縛
general
耆那教徒；裸形苦行者；尼乾陀
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.
大雄；耆那教教主（特指尼乾陀若提子）
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.
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
ganth1繫；縛
general
耆那教修行者；裸形外道；尼干子（常特指大雄，或泛指其信徒）
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
尼干陀若提子的追随者，即耆那教徒，与裸形外道不同，身着单衣，佛陀时代主要聚居于毗舍离与那烂陀一带。
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.
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