Pāli Dictionary

sāgara

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • the ocean; the sea

  • SN 55.41

    mah'odadhiṃ aparimitaṃ mahāsaraṃ, bahubheravaṃ ratanagaṇānam'ālayaṃ, najjo yathā naragaṇasaṅghasevitā, puthū savantī upayanti sāgaraṃ.

sāgāra1

approximate

saprefixagārastem

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • living in a house; (of monks) sleeping under the same roof

sāgāra2

approximate

saprefixagārastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

gihī, gahaṭṭha

monastic

  • a householder; a layperson

  • Iti 107

    sāgāresu ca cīvaraṃ, paccayaṃ sayan'āsanaṃ, anagārā paṭicchanti, parissayavinodanaṃ.

Encyclopedia

7 entries

Sāgara
Person

  • The personal attendant of Atthadassī Buddha.

Sāgara2
Person

  • A warrior-caste nobleman of Sobhana, father of Atthadassī Buddha, possibly identical with a monk-disciple of the same Buddha mentioned as surviving him.

Sāgara3
Other

  • A cross-reference to Guṇasāgara.

Sāgara4
Person

  • A king of ancient times named among those whose great acts of giving could not raise them beyond the sensual-sphere heavens, possibly the same king said elsewhere to have become a powerful deity after death.

Sāgara5
Person

  • The elder son of King Mahāsāgara of Uttaramadhurā, killed by the Andhakaveṇhudāsaputtā, as told in the Ghaṭa Jātaka.

Sāgara6
Person

  • A king of the line of Mahāsammata, son of Mucalinda and father of Sāgaradeva.

Sāgara7
Place

  • One of the eminent monks present at the foundation ceremony of the Mahā Thūpa.

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