Pāli Dictionary

samiddha

saṃprefixidhroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

idh3succeed; accomplish

Synonyms

āraddha, sampanna, aḍḍha, phīta, iddha

general

  • accomplished; succeeded; prospered; taken effect; successful

  • DN 30

    ñātīhi mittehi ca bandhavehi ca, balena vaṇṇena sukhena c'ūbhayaṃ, kathaṃ na hāyeyyuṃ pare'ti icchati, idaṃ samiddhañ'ca ca pan'ābhikaṅkhati.

  • rich; prosperous; wealthy (extended sense of ‘having succeeded, flourished’)

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Samiddha
Person

  • A king of Sri Lanka in the time of the Buddha Koṇāgamana, whose capital was Vaḍḍhamāna.

Samiddha2
Person

  • A brother of Jayanta, king of Sri Lanka, whose war between the two brothers is said to have brought the Buddha Kassapa to the island.

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