Pāli Dictionary

taraṇīya1

approximate

tarrootaṇīyasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

tar1cross


general

  • crossable; that can be crossed

taraṇīya2

approximate

tarrootaṇīyasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

tar1cross


general

  • a matter requiring urgency; something to be done in haste

  • Thag 4.7

    yo dandhakāle tarati, taraṇīye ca dandhaye, ayoni saṃvidhānena, bālo dukkhaṃ nigacchati.

Encyclopedia

4 entries

  • An arahant who, in a previous birth, ferried the Buddha and his monks across a river in flood, becoming king five times thirteen aeons later under the name Sabhogavā, probably identical with the elder Sambhūta.

  • An arahant who, ninety-one aeons ago, ferried the Buddha Vipassī and his monks across a river by boat.

  • An arahant who, ninety-one aeons ago, built a bridge over an impassable road, and fifty-five aeons ago was a king named Samogadha.

  • An arahant who, in a previous birth as a turtle in the river Vinatā, carried the Buddha Atthadassī on his back across the river when the Buddha wished to cross.

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