Pāli Dictionary

pukkusa

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • 清掃垃圾者;除糞者(傳統上從事清除廢物工作的低種姓者)

  • a refuse-remover; scavenger; member of a low, non-Aryan caste traditionally occupied in clearing refuse

  • AN 4.85

    idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo nīce kule paccājāto hoti, caṇḍālakule vā venakule vā nesādakule vā rathakārakule vā pukkusakule vā dalidde app'annapānabhojane kasiravuttike, yattha kasirena ghāsacchādo labbhati.

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Pukkusa
Person
  • 本生故事中波羅奈王 Maddava 的一位大臣,前生即舍利弗。

  • A counsellor of King Maddava of Bārāṇasī in the Jātaka tales, identified with Sāriputta.

Pukkusa2
Person
  • Mithilā 國王 Vedeha 的四位大臣之一,曾夥同他人偷取王室項鍊意圖陷害智者 Mahosadha,後因大腿上隱藏的癩瘡斑而被識破,前生即 Poṭṭhapāda。

  • One of four ministers of King Vedeha of Mithilā who conspired against the sage Mahosadha by stealing a royal necklace, was later exposed through a hidden leprous mark, and is identified with Poṭṭhapāda.

Pukkusa3
Person
  • 一位末羅(Malla)族王子,Āḷāra Kālāma 的弟子,在從拘屍那羅往波婆(Pāvā)的路上遇見佛陀並皈依,供養佛陀兩件金縷衣,其中一件轉贈給了阿難。

  • A Malla prince and disciple of Āḷāra Kālāma who met the Buddha on the road from Kusinārā to Pāvā, became his follower, and offered him two robes of cloth of gold, one of which was given to Ānanda.

DN 16
  • 指一種被列入賤民階層的種姓,專司清掃神廟祭壇殘花,但此詞作為人名時並不帶貶義,剎帝利種姓者也可用此名。

  • The name of a low caste of flower-sweepers at shrines, listed among the despised castes, though not regarded as a demeaning personal name since a warrior-caste individual could also bear it.

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