Pāli Dictionary

raṭṭhapāla

raṭṭhastempālastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • 護國尊者；賴吒和羅；佛陀弟子中「信解脫」第一的阿羅漢比丘

  • 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

  • 護國者；國家的保護者或統治者

  • protector of the country; ruler; government

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Raṭṭhapāla
Person

  • 出身 Thullakoṭṭhita 富裕議員之家，被譽為以信心出家者中第一，為求出家不惜以絕食相逼，後來在托鉢行乞時遇到未能認出他的父親。

  • 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

  • 過去 Padumuttara 佛在世時的一位比丘，同樣被譽為以信心出家者中第一。

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

Raṭṭhapāla3
Other

  • 同組中那位以信心出家聞名的比丘所屬的家族姓氏，據說源於該家族曾使一個衰敗王國重振國運。

  • 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

  • 斯里蘭卡的一位比丘，相傳是《Madhura-sasavāhinī》一書的作者。

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

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