Pāli Dictionary
sarabha1
Part of speech
noun · masculine
general
eine Hirschart (vermutlich der Sambar-Hirsch)
a kind of deer (probably the sambar)
sarabha2
Part of speech
noun · masculine
general
Sarabha, Name eines Wanderasketen, den der Buddha bei Rājagaha widerlegte
Sarabha, name of a wandering ascetic (Paribbājaka) refuted by the Buddha near Rājagaha
AN 3.64
aññāya ca pan'āhaṃ samaṇānaṃ sakyaputtikānaṃ dhammaṃ ev'āhaṃ tasmā dhammavinayā apakkanto'ti. sādhu bhante, bhagavā yena sippinikātīraṃ paribbājak'ārāmo yena sarabho paribbājako ten'upasaṅkamatu anukampaṃ upādāyā'ti. adhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena.
Encyclopedia
Sarabha
PersonEin Wanderasket, der vorübergehend dem Orden beitrat, um heimlich zu erlernen, was er für die geheime „Zauberformel“ des Buddha hielt – tatsächlich nur die Ordensregel –, und der, nachdem er ausgetreten war und mit seiner Entdeckung prahlte, öffentlich verstummte, als der Buddha ihn zur Rede stellte.
A wanderer who briefly joined the Order in order to secretly learn what he believed was the Buddha’s secret ‘magic formula’—actually just the monastic code—and, after leaving to boast of his discovery, was publicly and silently unable to defend his false claims when challenged by the Buddha.
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