Pāli Dictionary

subrahma

approximate

suprefixbrahrootmasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

brah1增长


cosmology

  • 苏梵摩(一位天神之名,后世传统中亦为婆罗门、辟支佛所用之名)

  • 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
  • 一位天子,发现随侍的五百天女忽然殒命并堕入阿鼻地狱,且自知寿命仅剩七日,遂悲痛地求教于佛陀,因而证得入流果。

  • 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.

  • 一位辟支梵天,佛陀的追随者,曾以神通折服一位自负的梵天,也曾出面揭露俱迦利迦与卡塔摩达卡帝沙的愚妄。

  • 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
  • 未来弥勒佛之父,《大史》将其认定即卡卡万纳提沙。

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

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