Pāli Dictionary

sāḷha

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Sāḷha; name of a layman, the grandson of Visākhā (Migāranattā)

  • AN 3.66

    atha kho sāḷho ca migāranattā sāṇo ca sekhuniyanattā yen'āyasmā nandako ten'upasaṅkamiṃsu, upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ nandakaṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ nisīdiṃsu.

  • Sāḷha; name of a Licchavi layman

  • AN 4.196

    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā vesāliyaṃ viharati mahāvane kūṭ'āgārasālāyaṃ. atha kho sāḷho ca licchavi abhayo ca licchavi yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkamiṃsu, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ nisīdiṃsu.

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Sāḷha
Person

  • A grandson of the laywoman Visākhā who built a monastery for the nuns and seduced the nun Sundarī-Nandā, who had been appointed to oversee its construction.

AN 3.66
Sāḷha2
Person

  • A Licchavi who once visited the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesāli.

AN 4.196
Sāḷha3
Person

  • A monk of Ñātika whom the Buddha declared to have died an Arahant.

DN 16
Sāḷha4
Person

  • An eminent monk and pupil of Ānanda who played a leading role at the Second Buddhist Council, serving on the committee that judged the Vajjiputtaka heresy.

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