Pāli Dictionary

subhaddā1

suprefixbhadrootrasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

bhad1be good; be lucky

general

  • Subhaddā, chief queen and wife of King Mahāsudassana

  • SN 22.96

    tassa mayhaṃ, bhikkhu, rañño sato khattiyassa muddh'āvasittassa caturāsītiitthisahassāni ahesuṃ subhaddādevippamukhāni.

subhaddā2

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • Subhaddā, daughter of the great donor Anāthapiṇḍika

subhadda1

approximate

suprefixbhadrootrasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

bhad1be good; be lucky

general

  • Subhadda, an arahant monk; the last person personally ordained by the Buddha, shortly before the Buddha’s parinibbāna

  • DN 16

    aññataro kho pan'āyasmā subhaddo arahataṃ ahosi. so bhagavato pacchimo sakkhisāvako ahosī'ti.

subhadda2

approximate

suprefixbhadrootrasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Subhadda, a monk who, on hearing of the Buddha’s death, told the grieving monks to rejoice rather than mourn, provoking Mahākassapa to convene the First Council

  • DN 16

    atha kho subhaddo vuddhapabbajito te bhikkhū etadavoca, alaṃ, āvuso, mā socittha, mā paridevittha, sumuttā mayaṃ tena mahāsamaṇena. upaddutā ca homa, idaṃ vo kappati, idaṃ vo na kappatī'ti.

subhadda3

approximate

suprefixbhadrootrasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Subhadda, name of a lay disciple (upāsaka)

  • DN 16

    subhaddo nāma, bhante, upāsako nātike kālaṅ'kato, tassa kā gati, ko abhisamparāyo'ti?

Encyclopedia

15 entries

Subhaddā
Person

  • The chief female disciple (aggasāvikā) of the Buddha Revata.

Subhaddā2
Person

  • One of the chief women lay supporters of the Buddha Sujāta.

Subhaddā3
Person

  • The wife of the Buddha Tissa before his renunciation.

Subhaddā4
Other

  • A cross-reference to Mahā-Subhaddā and Cūḷa-Subhaddā.

Subhaddā5
Person

  • The daughter of the king of Madda and wife of the king of Bārāṇasī, appearing in the Chaddanta Jātaka.

Subhaddā6
Person

  • The wife of Mahāsudassana, also known as Mahāsubhaddā.

Subhaddā7
Other

  • A celestial musician, or possibly the name of a musical instrument.

Subhaddā8
Other

  • One of the five daughters of King Vijayabāhu I and Queen Tilokasundarī, who married Vīrabāhu.

Subhadda
Personapproximate

  • One of the chief lay patrons of the Buddha Dhammadassī.

Subhadda2
Personapproximate

  • A youth who, together with ten thousand others, joined the Order under the Buddha Koṇḍañña, became an Arahant, and was that Buddha’s chief disciple.

Subhadda3
Personapproximate

  • A field-watcher who offered grass for a seat to the Buddha Kakusandha.

Subhadda4
Personapproximate

  • The son of the Ājīvaka ascetic Upaka and his wife Cāpā.

Subhadda5
Personapproximate

  • A monk formerly a barber of Ātumā whose callous remark on hearing of the Buddha’s death prompted Mahā-Kassapa to convene the First Council.

DN 16
Subhadda6
Personapproximate

  • A wandering ascetic of Kusinārā who became the Buddha’s last personally converted disciple, being ordained on his deathbed and swiftly attaining Arahantship.

DN 16·Takes refuge
Subhadda7
Personapproximate

  • A lay disciple of Nātika who attained the stage of Non-returner and was destined for rebirth in the Pure Abodes.

DN 16

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