Pāli Dictionary

phussa1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

phus1touch

Synonyms

māgasira

general

  • name of a lunar month (December-January); also of the corresponding constellation

phussa2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • Phussa, an arahant monk (Thera) whose verses appear in the Theragāthā

phussa3

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • Phussa, the eighteenth of the twenty-four past Buddhas preceding Gotama

phussati

phusroot

via inflected form phussa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

phus1touch

Synonyms

nigacchati, vindati, anubhavati

mind

  • encounters; experiences; undergoes; comes into contact with

  • SN 5.6

    jātassa maraṇaṃ hoti, jāto dukkhāni phussati, bandhaṃ vadhaṃ pariklesaṃ, tasmā jātiṃ na rocaye.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Phussa
Person

  • The eighteenth of the twenty-four past Buddhas, born in Kāsi to a warrior father, who lived ninety thousand years and died at Kusinārā.

Thag 17.1
Phussa2
Person

  • An Arahant thera, son of a provincial ruler, who attained enlightenment through jhāna practice and whose verses on the future of the Saṅgha are preserved in the Theragāthā.

Thag 17.1

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