Pāli Dictionary

paṇḍaka

paṇḍustemakasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • 閹人；黃門；不男；性功能障礙或性倒錯者（律藏中分為五種，禁止受具足戒）

  • 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

  • （語法）中性

  • the neuter gender (in grammar)

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Paṇḍaka
Person

  • 居於 Kosambī 附近的一位比丘，是 Kapila 之友，被判犯有偷盜與破戒（非梵行）之罪。

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

Paṇḍaka2
Person

  • 雪山地區的一位夜叉，與其妻 Hāritā 及五百子，在末闡提於 Aravāḷa 說法後同證預流果。

  • 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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