Pāli Dictionary

sūciloma1

approximate

sūciprefixlomastem

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • having hair like needles

sūciloma2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • Sūciloma, a yakkha (with needle-like hair) who questioned the Buddha near Gayā

  • Snp 2.5

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā gayāyaṃ viharati ṭaṅkitamañce sūcilomassa yakkhassa bhavane. tena kho pana samayena kharo ca yakkho sūcilomo ca yakkho bhagavato avidūre atikkamanti.

Encyclopedia

Suciloma
Person

  • A yakkha who questioned the Buddha about the origin of mental afflictions at Gayā, said to have gained his needle-like hair from lying on a sacred rug in a past life as a careless lay follower.

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