Pāli Dictionary

soma1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

candimas

cosmology

  • the moon; the moon deity

  • DN 13

    ye dhammā abrāhmaṇakārakā te dhamme samādāya vattamānā evam'āhaṃsu, indam'avhayāma, somam'avhayāma, varuṇam'avhayāma, īsānam'avhayāma, pajāpatim'avhayāma, brahmam'avhayāma, mahiddhim'avhayāma, yamam'avhayāmā'ti.

  • DN 32

    indo somo varuṇo ca, bhāradvājo pajāpati, candano kāmaseṭṭho ca, kinnughaṇḍu nighaṇḍu ca.

soma2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • the (Vedic) soma plant; soma juice; the soma sacrifice

somā1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • Somā, an arahant nun, daughter of King Bimbisāra’s chaplain

  • Thig 3.8

    itthaṃ sudaṃ somā therī gāthāyo abhāsitthā'ti.

somā2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • Somā, a devout laywoman, sister of a queen of King Pasenadi

  • MN 90

    assosuṃ kho somā ca bhaginī sakulā ca bhaginī, ajja kira rājā pasenadi kosalo pacchābhattaṃ bhuttapātarāso bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamissatī'ti.

Encyclopedia

7 entries

Soma
Other

  • A cross-reference to the entry on Sutasoma.

Soma2
Person

  • A deva to whom sacrifices were offered, later identified with the Moon god and regarded as the founder of the Somavaṃsa dynasty.

Soma3
Person

  • A grain-field watcher who offered grass as a seat for Kassapa Buddha.

Soma4
Other

  • A friend of Somadatta.

Somā
Personapproximate

  • Daughter of King Bimbisāra’s chaplain who ordained and attained Arahantship, and who famously rebuked Māra when he taunted her, while meditating in Andhavana, that a woman’s wisdom could not penetrate the Dhamma.

Thig 3.8
Somā2
Personapproximate

  • Sister of Sakulā and a queen of King Pasenadi, known as a devout follower of the Buddha.

MN 90
Somā3
Personapproximate

  • An eminent nun of Sri Lanka renowned as an expert in the Vinaya.

SN 5.2

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