Pāli Dictionary

sudhammā

suprefixdharrootmasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

dhar1to hold; to carry; to endure


cosmology

  • the Sudhammā — the assembly hall of the devas in Tāvatiṃsa heaven

  • MN 50

    yo brahmaṃ paripucchati, sudhammāy'ābhito sabhaṃ, ajjā'pi ty'āvuso diṭṭhi, yā te diṭṭhi pure ahu, passasi vītivattantaṃ, brahmaloke pabhassaraṃ.

Encyclopedia

12 entries

Sudhammā
Person
  • A chief female disciple of Atthadassī Buddha.

  • The queen consort of King Reṇu of Uttarapañcāla, identified in the Jātaka with Mahāmāyā, the Buddha’s mother.

  • One of Magha’s four wives whose generosity in securing a seasoned pillar for a rest house led, after her rebirth as a deva, to the Sudhammā assembly hall in Tāvatiṃsa bearing her name.

  • The sixth daughter of King Kiki of Bārāṇasī, identified in different sources with either Mahāmāyā or the nun Dhammadinnā.

  • An Arahant of Kassapa Buddha’s era who, at the Buddha’s request, carried a Bodhi-tree branch to Sri Lanka and planted it there.

  • A class of devas belonging to the Tāvatiṃsa group.

  • The mother of Sobhita Buddha.

Sudhamma
Placeapproximate
  • The city where Sobhita Buddha was born.

Sudhamma2
Personapproximate
  • A king and father of Sobhita Buddha.

Sudhamma3
Placeapproximate
  • The park in which Sobhita Buddha was born and delivered his first discourse.

Sudhamma4
Placeapproximate
  • A park in Sudhammavatī where Sujāta Buddha held his first assembly of monks.

Sudhamma5
Personapproximate
  • A monk of Macchikāsaṇḍa who was rebuked by the layman Citta for petulantly demanding sesame cakes, later reconciled with him, and eventually became an Arahant.

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