Pāli Dictionary

poṭṭhapāda

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Poṭṭhapāda; name of a wandering ascetic (in DN 9) and a bhikkhu (Thera).

  • DN 9

    tena kho pana samayena poṭṭhapādo paribbājako samayappavādake tinduk'ācīre ekasālake mallikāya ārāme paṭivasati mahatiyā paribbājakaparisāya saddhiṃ tiṃsamattehi paribbājakasatehi.

  • Poṭṭhapāda; name of a lunar month (September–October; Bhadrapada).

cosmology

  • Poṭṭhapāda; the constellation of Pegasus (Bhadrapada).

  • DN 9

    tena kho pana samayena poṭṭhapādo paribbājako samayappavādake tinduk'ācīre ekasālake mallikāya ārāme paṭivasati mahatiyā paribbājakaparisāya saddhiṃ tiṃsamattehi paribbājakasatehi.

Encyclopedia

5 entries

Poṭṭhapāda
Person

  • A wanderer (paribbājaka) whose discussion with the Buddha on trance and the soul at Sāvatthi is recorded in the Poṭṭhapāda Sutta, after which he became a lay follower.

DN 9·Takes refuge
Poṭṭhapāda2
Person

  • The Bodhisatta in a past life as a parrot, whose story is told in the first Rādha Jātaka.

Poṭṭhapāda3
Person

  • A parrot, younger brother of the Bodhisatta Rādha in a past life, identified with Ānanda; his story is told in the second Rādha Jātaka.

Poṭṭhapāda4
Person

  • A parrot born as the younger brother of the Bodhisatta and identified with Ānanda; their story is told in the Kāḷabāhu Jātaka.

Poṭṭhapāda5
Person

  • A monk who, after a past life as a prince reborn in hell for insulting a Pacceka Buddha, was later born into a fisherman’s family, ordained by Ānanda, and became an Arahant who relieved his hungry-ghost kinsmen through dedicated alms.

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