Pāli Dictionary

sumedhā

suprefixmedhrootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

medh1


general

  • 蘇美陀;須彌陀(一位阿羅漢比丘尼名,以出家的決心著稱)

  • Sumedhā, name of an arahant Buddhist nun (Therī), renowned for her renunciation

  • Thig 16.1

    mantāvatiyā nagare, rañño koñcassa aggamahesiyā, dhītā āsiṃ sumedhā, pasāditā sāsanakarehi.

sumedha

approximate

suprefixmedhāstem

Part of speech

adjective

Root

medh1

Synonyms

Antonyms


general

  • 有智慧的;聰慧的;善慧的

  • wise; intelligent; of keen understanding

  • AN 4.45

    tasmā have lokavidū sumedho, lok'antagū vusitabrahmacariyo, lokassa antaṃ samitāvi ñatvā, n'āsiṃsatī lokam'imaṃ parañ'cā'ti.

  • Snp 5.13

    okañ'jahaṃ taṇhacchidaṃ anejaṃ, nandiñ'jahaṃ oghatiṇṇaṃ vimuttaṃ, kappañ'jahaṃ abhiyāce sumedhaṃ, sutvāna nāgassa apanamissanti ito.

Encyclopedia

15 entries

Sumedhā
Person
  • 曼多婆提的一位公主,為拒絕包辦婚姻而自行剃髮並證得初禪,後出家不久便證得阿羅漢果。

  • A princess of Mantāvatī who cut her own hair and attained the first jhāna to resist an arranged marriage, then joined the Order and soon became an Arahant.

Sumedhā2
Person
  • 燃燈佛之母。

  • Mother of the Buddha Dīpaṅkara.

Sumedhā3
Person
  • 蓮花上佛之母,但另有典籍稱其名為蘇迦多。

  • Mother of the Buddha Padumuttara, though one source names her Sujātā instead.

Sumedhā4
Person
  • 彌提羅國王蘇盧質的王后,摩訶槃那陀之母,據說即是後來的毗舍佉。

  • Chief queen of King Suruci of Mithilā and mother of Mahāpanāda, identified with Visākhā in a later life.

Sumedha
Personapproximate
  • 參見須彌陀佛(Sumedha Buddha)條目,此為該佛的另一處記載。

  • See the entry for the Buddha Sumedha, of whom this is another listing.

Sumedha2
Personapproximate
  • 燃燈佛時代的菩薩,原為一位放棄財富出家的婆羅門苦行者,曾臥身泥濘中任燃燈佛踏過,並在那一刻立誓將來自己也要成佛,是喬達摩佛證悟之路的發端。

  • The Bodhisatta in the time of the Buddha Dīpaṅkara, a wealthy brahmin turned ascetic who lay down in the mud for the Buddha to walk over and there resolved to become a Buddha himself, the founding act of Gotama’s path to Enlightenment.

Sumedha3
Personapproximate
  • 一位剎帝利國王,燃燈佛之父。

  • A warrior-caste king, father of the Buddha Dīpaṅkara.

Sumedha4
Personapproximate
  • 一位剎帝利國王,那羅陀佛之父,但另有典籍稱那羅陀佛之父名為蘇提婆。

  • A warrior-caste king, father of the Buddha Nārada, though one source instead names his father Sudeva.

Sumedha5
Personapproximate
  • 帝須佛時代的一個婆羅門家族之名,跋羅那長老即出生於此家族。

  • The name of a brahmin family in the time of the Buddha Tissa, into which the elder Vāraṇa was born.

Sumedha6
Personapproximate
  • 須彌陀佛的侍者,曾與畢陵伽婆蹉相遇;但另有典籍稱須彌陀佛的侍者名為薩伽羅。

  • The personal attendant of the Buddha Sumedha, met by Piliṇḍavaccha, though another source instead names that Buddha’s attendant Sāgara.

Sumedha7
Personapproximate
  • 二十個世界劫以前的一位國王,為阿婆布毘耶長老的前生。

  • A king who reigned twenty world-cycles ago, a previous birth of the elder Avopupphiya.

Sumedha8
Personapproximate
  • 七個世界劫以前的一位國王,為波陀然那迦長老的前生。

  • A king who reigned seven world-cycles ago, a previous birth of the elder Padasaññaka.

Sumedha9
Personapproximate
  • 斯里蘭卡的一位長老,佛陀那伽比丘應其請求撰寫了《律義寶函》(Vinayatthamañjūsā)。

  • An elder of Sri Lanka at whose request the monk Buddhanāga composed the Vinayatthamañjūsā.

Sumedha10
Personapproximate
  • 庫塔迦摩的一位比丘,可能生活於十四世紀,著有《善行出生論》與《無過闡明論》。

  • A monk of Cūtaggāma, probably of the fourteenth century, author of the Sādhucaritodaya and the Anāpattidīpanī.

Sumedha11
Personapproximate
  • 二十四佛中的第十一位,出生於須達薩那城,為蘇達多王之子,出家後在大楝樹下證悟成佛,弘法九萬年後於彌陀羅摩涅槃。

  • The eleventh of the twenty-four Buddhas, born in Sudassana as the son of King Sudatta, who left the household life, attained Enlightenment beneath a mahānimba tree, and taught for ninety thousand years before passing away in Medhārāma.

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