Pāli Dictionary

pilindavaccha

pilindastemvacchastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms


monastic

  • Pilindavaccha, an arahant monk, foremost among the Buddha’s disciples beloved by the gods

  • AN 1.215

    etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ devatānaṃ piyamanāpānaṃ yadidaṃ pilindavaccho.

  • Ud 3.6

    tena kho pana samayena āyasmā pilindavaccho bhikkhū vasalavādena samudācarati.

Encyclopedia

Piliṇḍavaccha
Personapproximate
  • A brahmin of Sāvatthi who entered the Order to learn a spell that had ceased working after the Buddha’s appearance, attained Arahantship, and was declared foremost among monks beloved by devas, though notorious for habitually addressing everyone as an outcaste.

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