Pāli Dictionary

sirī1

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • luck; fortune; glory; wealth; splendour; majesty

cosmology

  • Sirī, the goddess of luck (personification of good fortune)

  • MN 49

    sace kho tvaṃ, bhikkhu, brahmuno vacanaṃ upātivattissasi, seyyathā'pi nāma puriso siriṃ āgacchantiṃ daṇḍena paṭippaṇāmeyya… evaṃ sampadam'idaṃ, bhikkhu, tuyhaṃ bhavissati.

  • SN 1.79

    saddhā bandhati pātheyyaṃ, sirī bhogānam'āsayo, icchā naraṃ parikassati, icchā lokasmi dujjahā, icchābaddhā puthū sattā, pāsena sakuṇī yathā'ti.

sirī2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Sirī, the name of a former king

  • SN 2.23

    bhūtapubb'āhaṃ, bhante, sirī nāma rājā ahosiṃ dāyako dānapati dānassa vaṇṇavādī.

siri

approximate

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Synonyms

sampatti

general

  • fortune; beauty; glory; splendour; luck; wealth; the goddess of luck

  • Vv 40

    yesaṃ atthi saddhā buddhe, dhamme ca saṅgharatane, te maṃ ativirocanti, āyunā yasasā siriyā.

Encyclopedia

6 entries

Sirī
Person

  • The goddess of Luck, daughter of Dhataraṭṭha, identified with Uppalavaṇṇā and the subject of a story told in the Sirikāḷakaṇṇi Jātaka.

Sirī2
Other

  • One of the four daughters of Sakka, appearing in the Sudhābhojana Jātaka.

Sirī3
Other

  • A personification of Luck appearing in the Siri Jātaka.

Siri
Personapproximate

  • One of the palaces of Anomadassī Buddha during his final life as a layman.

Siri2
Personapproximate

  • One of the palaces of Sujāta Buddha during his final life as a layman.

Siri3
Personapproximate

  • One of the patrons of Tissa Buddha.

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