Pāli Dictionary

opamañña1

upamaññastemasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • a man of the Upamañña family clan (e.g. an epithet of the brahmin Pokkharasāti)

  • MN 99

    samaṇo gotamo pāpito bhavissatī'ti bhagavantaṃ etadavoca, brāhmaṇo, bho gotama, pokkharasāti opamañño subhagavaniko evam'āha, evam'eva pan'idh'ekacce samaṇabrāhmaṇā uttarimanussadhammā alam'ariyañāṇadassanavisesaṃ paṭijānanti.

opamañña2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • Opamañña, name of a Gandhabba deity/chieftain

  • DN 32

    panādo opamañño ca, devasūto ca mātali, cittaseno ca gandhabbo, naḷo rājā jan'esabho.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Opamañña
Other

  • One of the names of the brahmin Pokkharasāti, so called after his clan name.

Opamañña2
Person

  • A Gandhabba chieftain present at the teaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta, also listed among eminent yakkha generals in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta.

DN 32

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