Pāli Dictionary

samiddhi

saṃprefixidhroottisuffix

Part of speech

noun

Root

idh3succeed; accomplish

Synonyms

iddhi, phāti, sampadā, sampatti

general

  • success; prosperity; achievement

  • Samiddhi; name of an arahant monk

  • MN 133

    atha kho aññatarā devatā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ tap'odaṃ obhāsetvā yen'āyasmā samiddhi ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā ekam'antaṃ aṭṭhāsi.

  • Thag 1.46

    itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā samiddhitthero gāthaṃ abhāsitthā'ti.

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Samiddhi
Person

  • A monk of a prosperous householder family of Rājagaha who joined the Order after witnessing the Buddha’s meeting with King Bimbisāra, resisted a fearsome apparition sent by Māra, and became an Arahant.

MN 136SN 1.20AN 9.14
Samiddhi2
Other

  • A reference to Samiddhisumana.

Samiddhi3
Person

  • A brahmin of Sāvatthi, father of the elder Puṇṇamāsa.

Samiddhi4
Person

  • A brahmin of Nālaka, father of the elder Mahā-Gavaccha.

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