Pāli Dictionary

sāriputta

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

vaṅgantaputta

monastic

  • Sāriputta; the Buddha’s right-hand chief disciple; an arahant monk foremost in great wisdom; also called Upatissa or son of Sāri.

  • SN 2.29

    āraddhavīriyo, bhante, āyasmā sāriputto. vattā, bhante, āyasmā sāriputto. vacanakkhamo, bhante, āyasmā sāriputto. codako, bhante, āyasmā sāriputto. pāpagarahī, bhante, āyasmā sāriputto.

  • MN 24

    evaṃ vutte, āyasmā puṇṇo mantāṇiputto āyasmantaṃ sāriputtaṃ etadavoca, ko nāmo āyasmā, kathañ'ca pan'āyasmantaṃ sabrahmacārī jānantī'ti? upatisso'ti kho me, āvuso, nāmaṃ, sāriputto'ti ca pana maṃ sabrahmacārī jānantī'ti.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

sārīputta
  1. sārī

    wandering; going about; travelling (esp. in compounds)

  2. putta

    son; child; (of animals) young; (pl.) children, offspring

Encyclopedia

5 entries

Sāriputta
Person

  • The Buddha’s chief disciple, foremost in wisdom, originally named Upatissa and renamed after his mother Rūpasārī.

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Sāriputta2
Person

  • A Sri Lankan monk of the reign of Parākramabāhu I, known as Sāgaramatī for his erudition, who wrote several commentarial works on the Vinaya and Abhidhamma as well as a Sanskrit grammatical treatise.

Sāriputta3
Person

  • A monk of Dala in the Rāmañña country, ordained by Ānanda of the Sīhala-Saṅgha, who received the title Dhammavilāsa and authored one of Burma’s earliest law codes.

Sāriputta4
Person

  • A monk of the Coḷiya country, author of the Padāvatāra.

Sāriputta5
Person

  • One of the sons of King Buddhadāsa.

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