Pāli Dictionary

pāyāsi

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

yā1行く

general

  • パーヤーシ（『弊宿経』に登場する若い貴族の名）

  • 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

yā1行く

general

  • 出発する；出立する；進み出る

  • sets out; starts; goes forth

payāti

approximate

paprefixyāroot

via inflected form payasi · 2nd person·present singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

yā1行く

general

  • 前進する、出発する

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

Encyclopedia

Pāyāsi
Person

  • 再生も業の果報もないと主張していたが、クマーラ・カッサパに論駁されて改心した、死後は下級の神々の中に生まれ、そこから正しく敬意をもって布施をするよう人々に勧めた、セタッビャーの首長。

  • 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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