Pāli Dictionary

sañjaya

saṃprefixjirootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ji1conquer

general

  • Sañjaya, a personal name borne by several figures (e.g. the skeptic teacher Sañjaya Belaṭṭhaputta)

  • MN 30

    ye'me, bho gotama, samaṇabrāhmaṇā saṅghino gaṇino gaṇ'ācariyā ñātā yasassino titthakarā sādhusammatā, bahujanassa, seyyath'idaṃ, pūraṇo kassapo, makkhali gosālo, ajito kesakambalo, pakudho kaccāyano, sañjayo belaṭṭhaputto, nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto

  • MN 90

    atha kho rājā pasenadi kosalo viṭaṭūbhaṃ senāpatiṃ āmantesi, ko nu kho, senāpati, imaṃ kathāvatthuṃ rāj'antepure abbhudāhāsī'ti? sañjayo, mahārāja, brāhmaṇo ākāsagotto'ti.

sañjāyati

approximate

saṃprefixjanrootyasuffix

via inflected form sañjāya · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

jan3be born; produce

Synonyms

uppajjati, upapajjati, jāyati, nibbattati, samuppajjati, samudeti, samudayati, pabhavati

general

  • appears; arises (in)

  • DN 18

    yathā kho, mārisā, nimittāni dissanti, uḷāro āloko sañjāyati, obhāso pātubhavati, brahmā pātubhavissati

  • AN 5.57

    tassa taṃ ṭhānaṃ abhiṇhaṃ paccavekkhato maggo sañjāyati. so taṃ maggaṃ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti.

  • is generated; is produced (from)

  • SN 2.23

    tena hi, bhaṇe, yo bāhiresu janapadesu āyo sañjāyati tato upaḍḍhaṃ antepure pavesetha, upaḍḍhaṃ tatth'eva dānaṃ detha samaṇa-brāhmaṇa-kapaṇ'addhika-vanibbaka-yācakānan'ti.

Encyclopedia

6 entries

Sañjaya
Person

  • A royal gardener of King Brahmadatta of Bārāṇasī who appears in the Vātamiga Jātaka.

Sañjaya2
Person

  • A king of Tagara who renounced the throne along with nine hundred million followers to become an ascetic, all of whom attained Arahantship under the past Buddha Dhammadassī.

Sañjaya3
Person

  • The king of Jetuttara who was the father of Prince Vessantara and husband of Queen Phusatī, identified as a previous birth of the Buddha’s father Suddhodana.

Sañjaya4
Person

  • A wealthy brahmin’s son of Sāvatthi who became a stream-winner on hearing the Buddha, then entered the Order and attained Arahantship in the hall where his hair was shaved.

Thag 1.48
Sañjaya5
Person

  • The son of the brahmin Vidhura and younger brother of Bhadrakāra in the Sambhava Jātaka, identified as a previous birth of Sāriputta.

Sañjaya6
Other

  • One of the ten sons of King Kāḷāsoka.

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