Pāli Dictionary

raṭṭhapāla

raṭṭhastempālastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • Raṭṭhapāla; name of an arahant monk, foremost among those who went forth out of faith

  • MN 82

    atha kho āyasmā raṭṭhapālo sakapitu nivesane n'eva dānaṃ alattha na paccakkhānaṃ, añña'd'atthu akkosam'eva alattha

general

  • protector of the country; ruler; government

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Raṭṭhapāla
Person

  • A wealthy councillor’s son from Thullakoṭṭhita declared foremost among those who entered the religious life through faith, who won ordination only after threatening to starve himself, and later confronted his unrecognising father while begging for alms.

MN 82
Raṭṭhapāla2
Person

  • A monk in the time of the Buddha Padumuttara, likewise declared foremost among those who left the world through faith.

Raṭṭhapāla3
Other

  • The family name borne by the pre-eminent monk described elsewhere in this set, said to derive from that family’s role in restoring the fortunes of a disrupted kingdom.

Raṭṭhapāla4
Person

  • A monk of Sri Lanka credited as the author of a work known as the Madhura-sasavāhinī.

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