Pāli Dictionary
general
rock; stone; (as adj.) rocky; stony; made of stone
AN 6.55
seyyathā'pi, bhante, selo pabbato acchiddo asusiro ekagghano. atha puratthimāya ce'pi disāya āgaccheyya bhusā vātavuṭṭhi n'eva naṃ saṅkampeyya na sampakampeyya na sampavedheyya
Thag 15.2
sabbasaṃyojan'ātītaṃ, vanā nibbanam'āgataṃ, kāmehi nekkhammarataṃ, muttaṃ selā'va kañcanaṃ.
crystal; gem; sapphire
Ja 154
idh'ūragānaṃ pavaro paviṭṭho, selassa vaṇṇena pamokkham'icchaṃ, brahmañ'ca vaṇṇaṃ apacāyamāno, bubhukkhito no visahāmi bhottuṃ.
Sela; name of a Brahman teacher and an arahant monk
MN 92
aññataro kho pan'āyasmā selo sapariso arahataṃ ahosi.
Part of speech
noun · feminine
monastic
Selā, name of an arahant nun (Therī)
Thig 3.7
itthaṃ sudaṃ selā therī gāthāyo abhāsitthā'ti.
Encyclopedia
7 entries
Sela
PersonA king of long ago who, despite performing great sacrifices, could not escape rebirth beyond the world of hungry ghosts.
Sela2
PersonA brahmin of Aṅguttarāpa who, on hearing his friend Keṇiya mention the Buddha’s name, visited him with two hundred and fifty pupils, verified his thirty-two marks of a Great Being, and entered the Order to attain Arahantship within a week.
Sela3
PlaceA mountain in the Himavā.
Sela4
PersonSon of Atthadassī Buddha in his last lay life.
A princess, younger sister of Candakumāra, identified with Uppalavaṇṇā in a previous life.
A princess of Āḷavī, also called Āḷavikā, who became a lay disciple after hearing the Buddha teach and later, as a nun, successfully resisted Māra’s temptations to return to lay life.
An Arahant who, born to a lay disciple’s family in the time of Kassapa Buddha, was later reborn as a millionaire’s daughter and attained enlightenment after joining the Order.
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