Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
pis8派遣
general
僕人；報信者；受差遣辦事之人
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，占巴城的一位調象師（在家居士），曾與佛陀對話，記載於《健達羅迦經》
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瞻波城的一位馴象師，他與佛陀的對話記錄於《幹達羅迦經》，佛陀對其見識甚為讚賞，謂其若能久留必獲裨益。
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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