Pāli Dictionary

paṇḍaka

paṇḍustemakasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • eunuch; impotent man; person with sexual dysfunction or non-normative sexual behavior (in the Vinaya, classified into five types and barred from full ordination)

general

  • the neuter gender (in grammar)

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Paṇḍaka
Person

  • A monk, friend of Kapila, living near Kosambī, who was found guilty of theft and of breaking his vow of chastity.

Paṇḍaka2
Person

  • A yakkha of the Himalayan region who, together with his wife Hāritā and their five hundred sons, became stream-enterers upon hearing Majjhantika teach at Aravāḷa.

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