Pāli Dictionary

siddhattha1

siddhastematthastem

Part of speech

adjective


general

  • one who has accomplished his purpose or goal; successful

  • a semi-divine (perfected) being; a magician

siddhattha2

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • the mustard plant; a mustard seed

Encyclopedia

8 entries

  • A cross-reference entry pointing to the Buddha named Siddhattha, the sixteenth of the twenty-four past Buddhas.

  • The personal given name of the historical Buddha, Gotama, before his renunciation.

  • An eminent monk in the time of Duṭṭhagāmaṇī who, foreseeing future difficulties, dissuaded the king from marking out an overly large site for the Mahā Thūpa.

  • A son of King Kassapa IV who governed the Malaya district under the title Malayarājā and died young, prompting the king to endow a memorial almsgiving hall in his name.

  • A monk of the Uposathārāma to whom King Kittisirirājasīha entrusted the Rajata-vihāra, which he had repaired and enlarged.

  • One of the palaces that Metteyya Buddha will occupy during his final life as a layman.

  • A thirteenth-century Sri Lankan monk, pupil of Buddhappiya, who wrote the Sāratthasaṅgaha.

  • The sixteenth of the twenty-four past Buddhas, born in the city of Vebhāra to the warrior Udena and his wife Suphassā, who taught his first discourse at Gayā and lived for one hundred thousand years.

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