Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
monastic
乞食者;托钵僧
one who seeks alms; an almsman, food-beggar
Iti 91
antam'idaṃ, bhikkhave, jīvikānaṃ yadidaṃ piṇḍolyaṃ. abhisāpo'yaṃ, bhikkhave, lokasmiṃ, piṇḍolo vicarasi pattapāṇī'ti.
Encyclopedia
Piṇḍola
Person主要指一位阿罗汉,为憍赏弥 Udena 王祭司之子,出家后克服对饮食的贪着,被佛陀誉为敢于宣说正法、勇于狮子吼的比丘之首;条目中另附同名的一位辟支佛与一部经名。
Chiefly an arahant who, as the son of King Udena’s chaplain, conquered his greed for alms after ordaining and was praised by the Buddha as foremost among monks for his fearless lion’s-roar declarations of doctrine; the entry also notes a nominal Pacceka Buddha and a sutta sharing this name.
MN 116SN 48.49
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