Pāli Dictionary

pañcasikha1

pañcastemsikhāstemasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 般遮翼；五髻乾闼婆（天界乐神），善弹琵琶，虔信佛陀

  • Pañcasikha, a gandhabba (celestial musician) devoted to the Buddha, famed for his vīnā-playing

  • DN 18

    atha, bhante, brahmā sanaṅkumāro oḷārikaṃ attabhāvaṃ abhinimminitvā kumāravaṇṇī hutvā pañcasikho devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ pāturahosi.

pañcasikha2

pañcastemsikhāstemasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • 有五个发髻的；结五髻的

  • having five topknots; with five braids/crests

pañcasikhā

approximate

pañcaprefixsikhāstem

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • 五髻；扎成五束的发式

  • five topknots; hair arranged in five braids or tufts

Encyclopedia

Pañcasikha
Person

  • 一位干闼婆乐神，是帝释天派往佛陀处的宠信使者，以弹唱赞颂佛陀的情歌向干闼婆少女 Suriyavaccasā 求爱而闻名。

  • A gandhabba musician and favourite messenger of Sakka to the Buddha, famed for singing a love song in the Buddha’s praise while courting the gandhabba maiden Suriyavaccasā.

DN 20

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