Pāli Dictionary

sīhahanu

sīhastemhanustem

Part of speech

adjective

doctrine

  • with a jaw like a lion’s; the 22nd of the thirty-two marks of a great man

  • MN 91

    sīhahanu kho pana so bhavaṃ gotamo, idam'pi tassa bhoto gotamassa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 5

sīhahiaṇu
  1. sīha

    lion; the king of beasts

  2. hi

    indeed; certainly; truly; surely

  3. aṇu

    small; tiny; minute; minuscule

sīhāahuaṇu
  1. sīhā

    Sīhā (an arahant bhikkhunī of the Therīgāthā)

  2. ahu

    was; became; happened; existed (aorist of hoti/bhavati)

  3. aṇu

    small; tiny; minute; minuscule

sīhāahiṃaṇu
  1. sīhā

    Sīhā (an arahant bhikkhunī of the Therīgāthā)

  2. ahiṃahi

    snake; serpent

  3. aṇu

    small; tiny; minute; minuscule

sīhaṃahuaṇu
  1. sīhaṃsīha

    lion; the king of beasts

  2. ahu

    was; became; happened; existed (aorist of hoti/bhavati)

  3. aṇu

    small; tiny; minute; minuscule

sīhāahaṃaṇu
  1. sīhā

    Sīhā (an arahant bhikkhunī of the Therīgāthā)

  2. ahaṃ

    I (first person pronoun); (plural mayaṃ, amhe) we

  3. aṇu

    small; tiny; minute; minuscule

Encyclopedia

Sīhahanu
Person

  • Father of Suddhodana and thus grandfather of the Buddha, who had five sons and two daughters and maintained close friendship between the Sakyan and Koliyan peoples.

Found an error in the dictionary?