Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
monastic
乞食者;托鉢僧
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主要指一位阿羅漢,為憍賞彌 Udena 王祭司之子,出家後克服對飲食的貪著,被佛陀譽為敢於宣說正法、勇於獅子吼的比丘之首;條目中另附同名的一位辟支佛與一部經名。
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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