Pāli Dictionary

sīlava

approximate

sīlrootasuffixvantsuffixasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

sīl1行持

ethics

  • 具戒的；有德行的；具足戒行的（同 sīlavant）

  • virtuous; ethical; moral; possessing virtue (equivalent to sīlavant)

  • Thag 12.1

    itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā sīlavo thero gāthaṃ abhāsitthā'ti.

general

  • 具戒者（人名）；指代多位佛教人物，包括一位阿罗汉比丘、菩萨（如大具戒王、具戒象）及曼伽罗佛之子

  • Sīlava; name of several individuals, including an arahant monk, the Bodhisatta as king of Benares and as an elephant, and a son of Mangala Buddha

  • Thag 12.1

    itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā sīlavo thero gāthaṃ abhāsitthā'ti.

sīlavant

sīlastemvantsuffix

via inflected form sīlavā · nominative singular · plural / vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

sīl1行持

Synonyms

dhammaṭṭha, kalyāṇasīla, susīla

ethics

  • 具戒的；持戒的；有德行的

  • virtuous; ethical; observing the moral precepts

  • Kp 9

    diṭṭhiñ'ca anupaggamma, sīlavā dassanena sampanno, kāmesu vineyya gedhaṃ, na hi jātu gabbhaseyya punaretī'ti.

  • AN 8.13

    idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti, pātimokkhasaṃvarasaṃvuto viharati ācāragocarasampanno aṇumattesu vajjesu bhayadassāvī, samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

silāeva
  1. silā

    石头；岩石

  2. eva

    只；仅；唯独（表限定的语气助词）

silaiva
  1. silasilā

    石头；岩石

  2. iva

    如；像；仿佛

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Sīlavā
Person

  • 频毘娑罗王之子，兄长阿闍世曾图谋加害于他，他反而受佛陀邀请出家证得阿罗汉果，后来还度化了前来行刺的刺客。

  • A son of King Bimbisāra whom his brother Ajātasattu tried to kill, but who instead joined the Order at the Buddha’s invitation and attained Arahantship, later converting even the assassins sent against him.

Sīlava
Personapproximate

  • 菩萨的一世，生为波罗奈国王，事见《大戒行本生》（Mahāsīlava Jātaka）。

  • A former birth of the Bodhisatta as a king of Bārāṇasī, told in the Mahāsīlava Jātaka.

Sīlava2
Personapproximate

  • 菩萨的一世，生为象王，事见《戒行象王本生》（Sīlavanāgarāja Jātaka）。

  • A former birth of the Bodhisatta as an elephant king, told in the Sīlavanāgarāja Jātaka.

Sīlava3
Personapproximate

  • Maṅgala 佛世俗最后一生中的儿子，又名 Sīvala。

  • The son of Maṅgala Buddha during his final life as a layman, also called Sīvala.

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