Pāli Dictionary

puṇḍarīka1

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

paduma, vārija

general

  • 白莲花；莲花

  • 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

  • 白芒果树；一种芳香芒果（学名 Mangifera indica）

  • 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

  • 菩萨（未来佛）应现的四大宝藏之一

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

puṇḍarīka4

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 布恩达利卡，法句经注释故事中一头象的名字

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

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Puṇḍarīka
Other

  • 波斯匿王的一头御用大象。

  • One of the state elephants belonging to King Pasenadi.

Puṇḍarīka2
Other

  • 一处地狱，代表在阿鼻地狱中受苦的时段，相当于二十个 Uppalaka。

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

Puṇḍarīka3
Person

  • 佛陀出家时留下的四大宝藏之一，也是一部经的场景：一位比丘在林中莲池嗅闻莲花香气，被林中天神斥为“盗香贼”，因而深感震动。

  • 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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