Pāli Dictionary

sīlava

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，包括一位阿羅漢比丘、菩薩（如大具戒王、具戒象）及曼伽羅佛之子

  • 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

    石頭；岩石

  2. eva

    只；僅；唯獨（表限定的語氣助詞）

silaiva
  1. silasilā

    石頭；岩石

  2. iva

    如；像；彷彿

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Sīlava
Person

  • 菩薩的一世，生為波羅奈國王，事見《大戒行本生》（Mahāsīlava Jātaka）。

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

Sīlava2
Person

  • 菩薩的一世，生為象王，事見《戒行象王本生》（Sīlavanāgarāja Jātaka）。

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

Sīlava3
Person

  • Maṅgala 佛世俗最後一生中的兒子，又名 Sīvala。

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

Sīlavā
Personapproximate

  • 頻毘娑羅王之子，兄長阿闍世曾圖謀加害於他，他反而受佛陀邀請出家證得阿羅漢果，後來還度化了前來行刺的刺客。

  • 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.

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