Pāli Dictionary

sālā1

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • a hall; a large covered room (for assembly, teaching, meals, etc.)

  • AN 8.53

    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā vesāliyaṃ viharati mahāvane kūṭ'āgārasālāyaṃ

  • a shed; a stable; a stall (for animals, goods, or work)

sālā2

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • place name: Sālā, a Brahmin village in Kosala (setting of the Apaṇṇaka Sutta and Sāleyyaka Sutta)

  • MN 41

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kosalesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ yena sālā nāma kosalānaṃ brāhmaṇagāmo tadavasari.

sāla1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

sālarukkha

general

  • the sal tree (Shorea robusta)

  • AN 3.69

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, sālo vā dhavo vā phandano vā tīhi māluvālatāhi uddhasto pariyonaddho anayaṃ āpajjati, byasanaṃ āpajjati, anayabyasanaṃ āpajjati.

  • SN 5.5

    sāvatthiyaṃ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkantā yena andhavanaṃ ten'upasaṅkami divāvihārāya. andhavanaṃ ajjhogāhetvā aññatarasmiṃ supupphitasālarukkhamūle aṭṭhāsi.

sāla2

approximate

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • having a house; provided with a hall

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Sālā
Person

  • A brahmin village in Kosala, whose inhabitants were called Sāleyyakā and where the Apaṇṇaka Sutta and Sāleyyaka Sutta were taught.

MN 41MN 60
Sālā2
Person

  • One of the two chief women disciples of the Buddha Phussa.

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