Pāli Dictionary
general
pilier; poteau; colonne (à l’origine un poteau sacrificiel)
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.
thūṇā
approximategeneral
poteau, pilier; en particulier le poteau sacrificiel; aussi tronc d’arbre
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.
Encyclopedia
Thūṇa
PersonUn village brahmane à la lisière ouest de Majjhimadesa, dont les habitants hostiles tentèrent de refuser eau et hospitalité au Bouddha en visite, jusqu’à ce qu’une esclave qui lui offrit à boire, bien qu’exécutée, renaisse à Tāvatiṃsa, et que le pouvoir du Bouddha fasse déborder les puits du village jusqu’à ce que les habitants cèdent.
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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