Pāli Dictionary

sugandha1

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Part of speech

adjective · masculine

Root

ghā3匂い

Synonyms

Antonyms


general

  • 香ばしい、良い香りの;(名詞として)芳香、快い匂い

  • fragrant, sweet-smelling; (as a noun) fragrance, pleasant odour

  • SN 3.12

    padumaṃ yathā kokanadaṃ sugandhaṃ, pāto siyā phullam'avītagandhaṃ, aṅgīrasaṃ passa virocamānaṃ, tapantam'ādiccam'iv'antalikkhe'ti.

sugandha2

Part of speech

noun · masculine


doctrine

  • (人名)テーラガーター(長老偈)に偈が伝わる阿羅漢長老の名前

  • name of an arahant monk (Thera), whose verses appear in the Theragāthā

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Sugandha
Person
  • サーヴァッティー(Sāvatthi)の裕福な家の比丘で、かつてカッサパ仏(Kassapa)の香室を白檀の香で塗布した功徳として芳香を放つ身体を持って生まれ、出家後七日以内に阿羅漢果を得た。

  • A monk of a wealthy Sāvatthi family, born with a fragrant body as the fruit of once anointing the Buddha Kassapa’s fragrant chamber with sandalwood paste, who attained Arahantship within seven days of ordination.

Sugandha2
Person
  • 三十一劫前の武士階級の人物で、長老アートゥマ(Ātuma)の前世。

  • A warrior-caste figure of thirty-one world-cycles ago, a former birth of the elder Ātuma.

Sugandha3
Person
  • バーラーナシー(Bārāṇasī)の富豪の息子で、カッサパ仏(Kassapa)のもとで出家した後、著名な師となり、兜率天(トゥシタ)に転生し、後の人間としての生でも再び出家して阿羅漢となった。

  • A millionaire’s son of Bārāṇasī who became a renowned teacher after ordaining under the Buddha Kassapa, was reborn in Tusita, and in a later human birth again ordained and became an Arahant.

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