Pāli Dictionary

theragāthā

Part of speech

noun · feminine

doctrine

  • 《長老偈》；巴利三藏小部（Khuddaka Nikāya）的第八部經，收錄早期佛教長老比丘所作的偈頌。

  • Theragāthā; the eighth book of the Khuddaka Nikāya in the Pāli Canon, a collection of verses composed by early elder monks.

general

  • 長老的偈頌；長老所作的一首偈頌，或特指《長老偈》中的單首偈頌。

  • a verse of an elder; a verse from the Theragāthā.

Encyclopedia

Theragāthā
Text

  • 《小部》第八部經典，收錄多為佛陀在世時代長老所作的偈頌，講述其生平並抒發證悟解脫的喜悅，英譯本名為《長老詩篇》。

  • The eighth book of the Khuddakanikāya, a collection of verses attributed mostly to elders of the Buddha’s own lifetime, recounting their life stories and expressing the joy of liberation, later translated as Psalms of the Brethren.

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