Pāli Dictionary

nimi

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 人名，弥萨罗国王名，佛陀（菩萨）前生之一

  • name of a king of Mithilā; a former incarnation of the Bodhisatta

  • MN 83

    nimi tesaṃ rājā pacchimako ahosi dhammiko dhammarājā dhamme ṭhito mahārājā, dhammaṃ carati brāhmaṇagahapatikesu negamesu c'eva jānapadesu ca, uposathañ'ca upavasati cātuddasiṃ pañcadasiṃ aṭṭhamiñ'ca pakkhassa.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Nimi
Person

  • 菩萨化身为弥提罗国王，其故事见于《尼弥本生》。

  • The Bodhisatta born as king of Mithilā, whose story is told in the Nimi Jātaka.

Nimi2
Person

  • 弥提罗国王，因目睹一只鹰因猎物遭群鸟追逐，悟得占有招致苦恼，遂舍弃一万六千宫女，出家成为辟支佛。

  • A king of Mithilā who, having realised through the sight of a hawk pursued for its prey that possessions bring suffering, renounced his sixteen thousand women and became a Pacceka Buddha.

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