Pāli Dictionary

pāthikaputta

pāthikastemputtastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 波帝迦子；裸形外道名（字面義為「旅行者之子」或「講師之子」）

  • Pāthikaputta; name of a naked ascetic (lit. son of a traveller or lecturer)

  • DN 24

    evam'eva kho tvaṃ, āvuso pāthikaputta, sugat'āpadānesu jīvamāno sugat'ātirittāni bhuñjamāno tathāgate arahante sammāsambuddhe āsādetabbaṃ maññasi. ke ca chave pāthikaputte, kā ca tathāgatānaṃ arahantānaṃ sammāsambuddhānaṃ āsādanā'ti.

Encyclopedia

Pāthikaputta
Person

  • 毗舍離的一位裸行苦行者，自稱神通勝過佛陀，但佛陀前來欲駁斥其言時，他卻動彈不得而無法起身相見。

  • A naked ascetic of Vesāli who claimed mystic powers surpassing the Buddha’s but was unable to rise from his seat when the Buddha visited to refute him.

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