Pāli Dictionary
piṅgala1
Part of speech
adjective
general
brun roux; jaune-rougeâtre
tawny brown; reddish-yellow; sallow
SN 7.10
na hi nūn'imassa samaṇassa, piṅgalā tilakāhatā, sottaṃ pādena bodheti, ten'āyaṃ samaṇo sukhī.
piṅgala2
Part of speech
noun · masculine
general
nom d’une race d’éléphant (éléphant brun-roux)
name for a type of elephant (a tawny-brown elephant-breed)
Encyclopedia
4 entries
Piṅgala
OtherUn renvoi au Mahāpiṅgala Jātaka, où l’histoire de ce personnage est racontée.
A cross-reference to the Mahāpiṅgala Jātaka, where this figure’s story is told.
Piṅgala2
OtherUn chasseur qui tuait le bétail, une existence antérieure d’Alāta.
A cattle-killing huntsman who was a former existence of Alāta.
Piṅgala3
PersonUn roi de Suraṭṭha et conseiller de Dhammāsoka, invité par le fantôme affamé Nandaka, père d’Uttarā, à suivre l’enseignement du Bouddha.
A king of Suraṭṭha and adviser to Dhammāsoka who was instructed to follow the Buddha’s teaching by the hungry ghost Nandaka, father of Uttarā.
Piṅgala4
OtherUne race d’éléphants dont chacun posséderait la force de cent mille hommes.
A race of elephants, each said to possess the strength of one hundred thousand men.
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