Pāli Dictionary
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
Sudhamma
PlaceThe city where Sobhita Buddha was born.
Sudhamma2
PersonA king and father of Sobhita Buddha.
Sudhamma3
PlaceThe park in which Sobhita Buddha was born and delivered his first discourse.
Sudhamma4
PlaceA park in Sudhammavatī where Sujāta Buddha held his first assembly of monks.
Sudhamma5
PersonA monk of Macchikāsaṇḍa who was rebuked by the layman Citta for petulantly demanding sesame cakes, later reconciled with him, and eventually became an Arahant.
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.
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