Pāli Dictionary
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.
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.
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?
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
approximatePart of speech
noun · feminine
general
Subhaddā, daughter of the great donor Anāthapiṇḍika
Encyclopedia
15 entries
Subhadda
PersonOne of the chief lay patrons of the Buddha Dhammadassī.
Subhadda2
PersonA 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
PersonA field-watcher who offered grass for a seat to the Buddha Kakusandha.
Subhadda4
PersonThe son of the Ājīvaka ascetic Upaka and his wife Cāpā.
Subhadda5
PersonA monk formerly a barber of Ātumā whose callous remark on hearing of the Buddha’s death prompted Mahā-Kassapa to convene the First Council.
Subhadda6
PersonA wandering ascetic of Kusinārā who became the Buddha’s last personally converted disciple, being ordained on his deathbed and swiftly attaining Arahantship.
Subhadda7
PersonA lay disciple of Nātika who attained the stage of Non-returner and was destined for rebirth in the Pure Abodes.
The chief female disciple (aggasāvikā) of the Buddha Revata.
One of the chief women lay supporters of the Buddha Sujāta.
The wife of the Buddha Tissa before his renunciation.
A cross-reference to Mahā-Subhaddā and Cūḷa-Subhaddā.
The daughter of the king of Madda and wife of the king of Bārāṇasī, appearing in the Chaddanta Jātaka.
The wife of Mahāsudassana, also known as Mahāsubhaddā.
A celestial musician, or possibly the name of a musical instrument.
One of the five daughters of King Vijayabāhu I and Queen Tilokasundarī, who married Vīrabāhu.
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