Pāli Dictionary

piṅgiyāni

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • 賓祇亞尼(一位婆羅門之名)

  • Piṅgiyāni, a Brahman (proper name)

Encyclopedia

2 entries

  • 毗舍離一位已證不還果的婆羅門,曾向迦羅那波利盛讚佛陀智慧,令其歸信,另一次也曾感動離車族人贈他大量衣物,轉供予佛陀。

  • A brahmin of Vesāli, a Non-returner, who praised the Buddha’s wisdom so eloquently to Kāraṇapālī that the latter became a follower, and who on another occasion moved the Licchavī to shower him with garments meant for the Buddha.

  • 梵授王之妻,因與一名馬伕私通而被識破並革除王后之位,此事是拘那羅所講述的故事之一;同名的一部經則記載了離車族人在場時對佛陀的讚頌。

  • The wife of King Brahmadatta who was caught in adultery with a royal groom and stripped of her rank, her tale being one told by Kuṇāla; the same name also belongs to a sutta on the Buddha’s praise before the Licchavī.

AN 5.195

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