Pāli Dictionary

paṇḍuka

paṇḍustemkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • jaundice (a disease); pale-yellow (colour)

  • MN 46

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, pūtimuttaṃ nānābhesajjehi saṃsaṭṭhaṃ. atha puriso āgaccheyya paṇḍukarogī.

  • MN 89

    te evam'āhaṃsu, paṇḍukarogino, mahārājā'ti.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Paṇḍuka
Other

  • One of the Group of Six monks who, with Lohitaka, led a faction guilty of various breaches of monastic discipline at Jetavana while encouraging heretical views, though reckoned the least errant of the six.

Paṇḍuka2
Other

  • A Tamil usurper who killed Mittasena and ruled Sri Lanka for five years while repeatedly failing to kill the rightful heir Dhātusena; his son was Pariṇḍa.

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