Pāli Dictionary

udāyī

udprefixirootāysuffixīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

i1go; come

Synonyms

vaṅgantaputta

general

  • Kāḷudāyī; the arahant and great disciple of the Buddha, foremost among monks in inspiring faith in families

  • AN 6.43

    evaṃ vutte āyasmā udāyī bhagavantaṃ etadavoca, hatthim'eva nu kho, bhante, mahantaṃ brahantaṃ kāy'upapannaṃ jano disvā evam'āha, nāgo vata, bho, nāgo'ti

  • AN 1.225

    etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ kulappasādakānaṃ yadidaṃ kāḷ'udāyī.

  • other individuals named Udāyī, including several monks (such as Paṇḍita Udāyī) and a brahmin

  • MN 59

    atha kho pañcak'aṅgo thapati yen'āyasmā udāyī ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ udāyiṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ nisīdi.

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Udāyī
Person

  • A monk also called Paṇḍita Udāyī to distinguish him from another monk of similar name, son of a brahmin of Kapilavatthu, who became an Arahant and composed verses in praise of the Buddha comparing him to a magnificent elephant.

SN 35.234
Udāyī2
Person

  • A monk with a harsh, crow-like voice who repeatedly committed serious disciplinary offenses recorded in the Vinaya, including improper conduct with women, and who may be identical with the monk Lāḷudāyī.

Udāyī3
Person

  • A brahmin who asked the Buddha whether he ever approved of sacrifice, to which the Buddha replied that he condemned only sacrifices involving the killing of animals.

AN 4.40
Udāyī4
Other

  • An editorial note explaining that references to a monk of this name in the texts may refer interchangeably to Kāludāyī, Lāḷudāyī, or Sakuludāyi and are not always distinguishable.

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