Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

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saṅkhapāla
  1. saṅkha

    海螺;貝殼;法螺;珍珠母(硨磲)

  2. pāla

    守衛;護者;保護者

Encyclopedia

4 entries

  • 菩薩化身為龍王時的名號,即以他為主角的本生故事的主人公;此名看來也泛指該界的龍族。

  • The Bodhisatta born as a Nāga king, the central figure of the Jātaka that bears his name; the same name evidently also serves as a generic term for the Nāgas of that realm.

  • Ekabala 的國王,他整軍經武之舉使賢者 Mahosadha 派出一隻鸚鵡前去偵察,鸚鵡回報說無須擔憂。

  • A king of Ekabala whose military preparations prompted the sage Mahosadha to send a parrot as a spy, which reported back that there was no cause for alarm.

  • 位於 Mahiṃsaka 國的一座湖泊,是同名龍王的居所,Kannapennā 河即發源於此。

  • A lake in the Mahiṃsaka country that was the residence of the Nāga king of the same name, and the source of the river Kannapennā.

  • 學僧 Buddhadatta 的弟子,Buddhadatta 把自己關於律藏裁決的論著獻給了他。

  • A pupil of the scholar-monk Buddhadatta, to whom Buddhadatta dedicated his treatise on Vinaya rulings.

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