Pāli Dictionary

uṇṇanābhi

uṇṇāstemnābhistem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

makkaṭaka

general

  • eine Spinne

  • a spider

  • AN 4.67

    appamāṇo buddho, appamāṇo dhammo, appamāṇo saṅgho, pamāṇavantāni sarīsapāni. ahivicchikā satapadī, uṇṇanābhī sarabū mūsikā, katā me rakkhā katā me parittā, paṭikkamantu bhūtāni.

uṇṇānābhi

approximate

uṇṇāstemnābhistem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • eine Spinne (wörtl. „Wollnabel“, nach dem wollartigen Faden, den sie spinnt)

  • a spider (lit. “wool-navelled”, from the wool-like thread spun from its body)

Encyclopedia

Unnanābhī
Placeapproximate

  • Eine riesige Spinne, die in einer Höhle am Berg Cittakūṭa lebte und deren Netz die dort während einer langen Regenzeit Schutz suchenden wandernden Dhataraṭṭha-Gänse einfing und tötete.

  • A giant spider living in a cave on Mount Cittakūṭa whose web trapped and killed the migrating Dhataraṭṭha geese sheltering there during a prolonged rainy season.

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