Pāli Dictionary

sarabha1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 一種鹿（可能指水鹿）

  • a kind of deer (probably the sambar)

sarabha2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 薩羅跋（一位遊行沙門的名字，曾被佛陀於王舍城附近當眾駁斥）

  • 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

  • 一名遊方僧，曾潛入僧團意圖竊取他誤以為是佛陀秘傳「咒術」的秘密（實為戒本），還俗後四處誇口，佛陀公開對質時他卻啞口無言，無法自圓其說。

  • 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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