Pāli Dictionary

siva1

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

bhadra, bhaddikā, sukhita, anītika, sovatthika, kalyāṇaka

doctrine

  • safe; happy; blessed; auspicious (often as an epithet of Nibbāna)

  • Thag 19.1

    tayā sudantena avaṭṭhitena hi, hayena yogg'ācariyo'va ujjunā, pahomi maggaṃ paṭipajjituṃ sivaṃ, citt'ānurakkhīhi sadā nisevitaṃ.

  • Snp 1.6

    ete parābhave loke, paṇḍito samavekkhiya, ariyo dassanasampanno, sa lokaṃ bhajate sivan'ti.

siva2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Siva/Śiva, the Hindu deity; also the name of a devaputta who visits the Buddha

  • SN 2.21

    atha kho sivo devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ aṭṭhāsi.

siva3

Part of speech

noun · neuter

doctrine

  • a safe place; safety, bliss (an epithet of Nibbāna)

  • SN 43.14

    sivañ'ca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi sivagāmiñ'ca maggaṃ. taṃ suṇātha.

Encyclopedia

9 entries

Siva
Person

  • A devaputta named Siva who visited the Buddha and spoke verses on the benefit of associating only with the good, also the name of a god mentioned elsewhere in the chronicles and, separately, of the deity Śiva referenced in the Samantapāsādikā.

Siva2
Other

  • A cross-reference to Sivi.

Siva3
Place

  • A palace guard who became Queen Anulā’s paramour and reigned for fourteen months before being killed in favour of Vatuka.

Siva4
Other

  • One of the eleven children of Paṇḍuvāsudeva and Kaccāna.

Siva5
Other

  • One of Mutasiva’s ten sons, who reigned for ten years and established the Nagaraṅgana-vihāra.

Sīva
Personapproximate

  • A Sri Lankan monk renowned as an eminent teacher of the Vinaya.

Sīva2
Otherapproximate

  • A cross-reference entry pointing to other bearers of the name, such as Mahāsīva, Cūḷasīva, Tanasīva, and Bhayasīva.

Sīva3
Personapproximate

  • A king of Sri Lanka (522 CE) who killed his nephew Kumāradhātusena to seize the throne, reigned only twenty-five days, and was then killed by Upatissa.

Sīva4
Placeapproximate

  • A village near Giritimbilatissa-pabbata.

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