Pāli Dictionary

sundara1

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

sukha, sādhu, kalyāṇa, manāpa, piya, sātarūpa, nikāma

general

  • good; pleasant; agreeable; beautiful

  • Thag 19.1

    varāha-eṇeyya-vigāḷha-sevite, pabbhārakuṭṭe pakat'eva sundare, nav'ambunā pāvusasitthakānane, tahiṃ guhāgehagato ramissasi.

sundara2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Sundara, a Pacceka Buddha

  • MN 116

    bodhi mahānāmo atho'pi uttaro, kesī sikhī sundaro dvārabhājo, tiss'ūpatissā bhavabandhanacchidā, upasikhi taṇhacchido ca sikhari.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Sundara
Place

  • A city where the Buddha Kassapa performed the Twin Miracle beneath an asana tree, and where the Buddha Koṇāgamana performed it beneath a mahāsāla tree.

Sundara2
Person

  • A monk of Rājagaha who, when a woman performing an act of veneration caused him doubt about blame, was declared blameless by the Buddha since he had not consented to the act.

Sundara3
Person

  • A monk, one of five hundred bearing the same name, present at the foundation ceremony of the Mahā Thūpa.

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