Pāli Dictionary

subrahma

approximate

suprefixbrahrootmasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

brah1increase

cosmology

  • Subrahma, name of a deity/deva (also borne by other figures in later tradition, e.g. a brahmin and a paccekabuddha)

  • SN 2.17

    ekam'antaṃ ṭhito kho subrahmā devaputto bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi

  • DN 20

    subrahmā paramatto ca, puttā iddhimato saha, sanaṅkumāro tisso ca, s'opāga samitiṃ vanaṃ.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Subrahmā
Person

  • A devaputta who, discovering that five hundred of his heavenly companions had suddenly perished and been reborn in Avīci and that he himself had only seven days left to live, sought the Buddha in grief and became a Stream-winner.

Subrahmā2
Person

  • A Pacceka Brahmā and follower of the Buddha who used a display of magic power to humble an arrogant fellow Brahmā, and who also intervened to expose the folly of Kokālika and Katamodakatissa.

DN 20
Subrahmā3
Person

  • A brahmin destined to be the father of the future Buddha Metteyya, and identified by the Mahāvaṃsa with Kākavaṇṇatissa.

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