Pāli Dictionary
thūṇā
general
柱子，支柱；尤指祭祀用的柱子；亦指树干
a post, pillar; especially a sacrificial post; also a tree trunk
SN 3.9
tena kho pana samayena rañño pasenadissa kosalassa mahāyañño paccupaṭṭhito hoti, pañca ca usabhasatāni pañca ca vacchatarasatāni pañca ca vacchatarisatāni pañca ca ajasatāni pañca ca urabbhasatāni thūṇ'ūpanītāni honti yaññ'atthāya.
AN 4.195
seyyathā'pi, vappa, thūṇaṃ paṭicca chāyā paññāyati. atha puriso āgaccheyya kuddālapiṭakaṃ ādāya. so taṃ thūṇaṃ mūle chindeyya, mūle chinditvā palikhaṇeyya, palikhaṇitvā mūlāni uddhareyya, antamaso usīranāḷimattāni'pi.
general
柱子；支柱（原指祭祀用的柱子）
a pillar; post; column (originally a sacrificial post)
Ud 6.4
yehi, bhikkhave, jacc'andhehi hatthissa pādo diṭṭho ahosi, te evam'āhaṃsu, ediso, deva, hatthī seyyathā'pi thūṇo'ti.
Encyclopedia
位于中国（Majjhimadesa）西境的一处婆罗门村落，村民因心怀敌意而企图断绝造访的佛陀的饮水与接待，一名给佛陀水喝而被处死的婢女却因此转生忉利天，佛陀更以神通令井水泛滥，村民这才悔悟接纳。
A brahmin village on the western edge of Majjhimadesa whose hostile inhabitants tried to deny the visiting Buddha water and hospitality, until a slave woman who offered him a drink, though killed for it, was reborn in Tāvatiṃsa, and the Buddha’s power caused the village wells to overflow until the people relented.
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