Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
pis8送信
general
使用人；使者；命じられて用事をする者
servant; messenger; one who carries out commissions
AN 8.49
idha, visākhe, mātugāmo yo so bhattu abbhantaro antojano, dāsā'ti vā pessā'ti vā kammakarā'ti vā, tesaṃ katañ'ca katato jānāti akatañ'ca akatato jānāti, gilānakānañ'ca bal'ābalaṃ jānāti khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyañ'c'assa paccaṃsena saṃvibhajati.
SN 3.9
ye'pi'ssa te honti dāsā'ti vā pessā'ti vā kammakarā'ti vā, te'pi daṇḍatajjitā bhayatajjitā assumukhā rudamānā parikammāni karonti.
pessa2
Part of speech
noun · masculine
general
ペッサ、チャンパー市の在家の調象師。仏陀と対話した人物としてカンダラカ経に記される
Pessa, a lay elephant-trainer of Campā who conversed with the Buddha, recorded in the Kandarakasutta
MN 51
atha kho pesso ca hatth'ārohaputto kandarako ca paribbājako yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkamiṃsu, upasaṅkamitvā pesso hatth'ārohaputto bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ nisīdi.
Encyclopedia
Pessa
Person仏陀との対話がカンダラカ・スッタに記録されており、それに深く感銘を受けた仏陀が、もっと長く留まっていれば貴重なものを得られただろうと述べたという、チャンパーの調象師。
An elephant-trainer of Campā whose conversation with the Buddha, recorded in the Kandaraka Sutta, so impressed the Buddha that he remarked Pessa could have gained something precious had he stayed longer.
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