Pāli Dictionary

pāyāsi

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

yā1aller

general

  • Pāyāsi, nom d’un jeune noble (mentionné dans le Pāyāsi Sutta)

  • Pāyāsi, name of a young nobleman (a prince known from the Pāyāsi Sutta)

  • DN 23

    tena kho pana samayena pāyāsi rājañño setabyaṃ ajjhāvasati satt'ussadaṃ satiṇakaṭṭh'odakaṃ sadhaññaṃ rājabhoggaṃ raññā pasenadinā kosalena dinnaṃ rājadāyaṃ brahmadeyyaṃ.

pāyāti

paprefixāprefixyāroot

via inflected form pāyāsi · 2nd person·present singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

yā1aller

general

  • part; se met en route; s’avance

  • sets out; starts; goes forth

payāti

approximate

paprefixyāroot

via inflected form payasi · 2nd person·present singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

yā1aller

general

  • avancer, partir, se mettre en route

  • to go forth, set out, proceed, march forward

Encyclopedia

Pāyāsi
Person

  • Un chef de Setabyā qui soutenait qu’il n’existait ni renaissance ni fruit des actes, jusqu’à être réfuté et converti en débat par Kumāra-Kassapa, renaissant après sa mort parmi les dieux inférieurs, d’où il exhortait à faire l’aumône correctement et avec respect.

  • A chieftain of Setabyā who held that there was no rebirth or fruit of action until debated and converted by Kumāra-Kassapa, and who, after death, was reborn among the lower gods, from where he urged proper, respectful almsgiving.

DN 23

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