Pāli Dictionary

puṇḍarīka1

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

paduma, vārija

general

  • 白蓮華；白い蓮の花

  • white lotus; lotus flower

  • MN 39

    seyyathā'pi bhikkhave uppaliniyaṃ vā paduminiyaṃ vā puṇḍarīkiniyaṃ vā app'ekaccāni uppalāni vā padumāni vā puṇḍarīkāni vā

  • AN 10.81

    seyyathā'pi, vāhana, uppalaṃ vā padumaṃ vā puṇḍarīkaṃ vā udake jātaṃ udake saṃvaḍḍhaṃ udakā paccuggamma ṭhitaṃ anupalittaṃ udakena.

puṇḍarīka2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 香りのよいマンゴーの木（一品種）

  • fragrant mango tree; a variety of mango (Mangifera indica)

  • DN 14

    sikhī, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho puṇḍarīkassa mūle abhisambuddho.

puṇḍarīka3

Part of speech

noun · neuter

cosmology

  • 菩薩に現れるとされる四つの宝の一つ

  • one of the four treasures (nidhi) said to appear for a Bodhisatta

puṇḍarīka4

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • プンダリーカ、ダンマパダ註釈物語に登場する象の名

  • Puṇḍarīka, name of an elephant in a Dhammapada commentary story

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Puṇḍarīka
Other

  • パセーナディ王が所有する国象の一頭。

  • One of the state elephants belonging to King Pasenadi.

Puṇḍarīka2
Other

  • 阿鼻地獄における苦しみの期間で、ウッパラカ二十に相当する地獄。

  • A hell representing a period of suffering in Avīci equal to twenty Uppalakā.

Puṇḍarīka3
Person

  • 仏陀が出家した際に残された四つの宝蔵の一つであり、林の池で蓮の香りを嗅いだ比丘が林の神に「香りの盗人」と呼ばれ、その出会いに深く動揺した経の舞台。

  • One of the four treasure troves left behind when the Buddha renounced the world, and the setting of a discourse in which a monk who inhaled the scent of a lotus in a forest pool was called a scent thief by a forest deity and greatly agitated by the encounter.

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