Pāli Dictionary

sarabha1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 一种鹿（可能指水鹿）

  • a kind of deer (probably the sambar)

sarabha2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 萨罗跋（一位游行沙门的名字，曾被佛陀于王舍城附近当众驳斥）

  • 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
Person

  • 一名游方僧，曾潜入僧团意图窃取他误以为是佛陀秘传“咒术”的秘密（实为戒本），还俗后四处夸口，佛陀公开对质时他却哑口无言，无法自圆其说。

  • 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.

AN 3.64

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