Pāli Dictionary

tambadāṭhika

tambastemdāṭhikastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • 銅色の歯(牙)を持つ者

  • one with copper-coloured teeth (or tusks)

Encyclopedia

  • ラージャガハの公務刑吏で、五十五年間その職にあり、罷免された日にサーリプッタによって教化され、過去の残虐行為の苦悩から心を解放された。

  • A public executioner of Rājagaha who held the post for fifty-five years and, on the day of his dismissal, was converted by Sāriputta, who helped free his mind from the torment of past cruelty.

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