Pāli Dictionary

thūṇa

thurootuṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

thu5gémir; groan

Synonyms


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

approximate

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Synonyms


general

  • 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
Person
  • Un 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.

Ud 7.9

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