Pāli Dictionary

sūciloma1

approximate

sūciprefixlomastem

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • 針のような毛を持つ

  • having hair like needles

sūciloma2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • スーチローマ、ガヤー近くで仏陀に問いを発した夜叉

  • 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

  • ガヤーで煩悩の起源について仏陀に問うた夜叉で、前世に不注意な在家信者として聖なる敷物に横たわったために針のような体毛を得たと伝えられる

  • 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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