Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
pis8派遣
general
仆人；报信者；受差遣办事之人
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
人名，占巴城的一位调象师（在家居士），曾与佛陀对话，记载于《健达罗迦经》
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瞻波城的一位驯象师，他与佛陀的对话记录于《干达罗迦经》，佛陀对其见识甚为赞赏，谓其若能久留必获裨益。
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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