Pāli Dictionary

ugga1

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

mahanta, bhusa, balasampanna

general

  • mighty; powerful; formidable; huge; fierce

  • Thag 19.1

    kadā nu paññāmayam'uggatejaṃ, satthaṃ isīnaṃ sahas'ādiyitvā, māraṃ sasenaṃ sahasā bhañjissaṃ, sīh'āsane taṃ nu kadā bhavissati.

  • SN 35.238

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, cattāro āsīvisā uggatejā ghoravisā. atha puriso āgaccheyya jīvitu'kāmo amaritu'kāmo sukhakāmo dukkhappaṭikūlo.

  • a warrior chief; a mighty leader

  • AN 7.67

    puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, rañño paccantime nagare bahubalakāyo paṭivasati, seyyath'idaṃ, hatth'ārohā ass'ārohā rathikā dhanuggahā celakā calakā piṇḍadāyakā uggā rājaputtā pakkhandino mahānāgā sūrā cammayodhino dāsakaputtā.

ugga2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

uggata

monastic

  • Ugga, a householder disciple of the Buddha, foremost among givers of pleasing gifts (Uggo Vesālika)

  • SN 35.124

    ekam'antaṃ nisinno kho uggo gahapati vesāliko bhagavantaṃ etadavoca, ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo yena m'idh'ekacce sattā diṭṭh'eva dhamme no parinibbāyanti? ko pana, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo yena m'idh'ekacce sattā diṭṭh'eva dhamme parinibbāyantī'ti?

  • AN 1.253

    etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṃ upāsakānaṃ manāpadāyakānaṃ yadidaṃ uggo gahapati vesāliko.

  • Ugga, name of an arahant monk

  • Ugga, a householder disciple of the Buddha, foremost among those attending on the Saṅgha (Ugga Hatthigāmaka)

  • SN 35.125

    ekam'antaṃ nisinno kho uggo gahapati hatthigāmako bhagavantaṃ etadavoca, ko nu kho, bhante, hetu ko paccayo yena m'idh'ekacce sattā diṭṭh'eva dhamme no parinibbāyanti?

general

  • Ugga, name of a minister

  • AN 4.187

    ime'pi rañño eḷeyyassa parihārakā bālā, yamako moggallo uggo nāvindakī gandhabbo aggivesso, ye samaṇe rāmaputte abhippasannā, samaṇe ca pana rāmaputte evarūpaṃ paramanipaccakāraṃ karonti, yadidaṃ abhivādanaṃ paccuṭṭhānaṃ añjalikammaṃ sāmīcikamman'ti.

ugga3

Part of speech

noun

Root

gam1go

general

  • rise; ascent; becoming visible

  • SN 56.37

    sūriyassa, bhikkhave, udayato etaṃ pubbaṅ'gamaṃ etaṃ pubbanimittaṃ, yadidaṃ, aruṇ'uggaṃ. evam'eva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno catunnaṃ ariyasaccānaṃ yathābhūtaṃ abhisamayāya etaṃ pubbaṅ'gamaṃ etaṃ pubbanimittaṃ, yadidaṃ, sammādiṭṭhi.

Encyclopedia

7 entries

Ugga
Person

  • A banker in the time of Koṇāgamana Buddha and one of his chief lay supporters, who built him a large residence on the future site of Jetavana.

Ugga2
Person

  • Chief minister of King Pasenadi of Kosala, whose great wealth the Buddha contrasted with the more valuable seven kinds of Noble wealth.

AN 7.7
Ugga3
Person

  • A member of the retinue of the rājā Eleyya and a follower of Uddaka-Rāmaputta, whom the king also revered.

Ugga4
Person

  • A tall and dignified householder of Vesāli, declared by the Buddha foremost among givers of agreeable gifts and praised for eight marvellous qualities.

Ugga5
Person

  • An elder, son of a banker of a town in Kosala, who attained Arahantship soon after entering the Order upon hearing the Buddha teach at the Bhaddārāma.

Thag 1.80
Ugga6
Person

  • A banker and friend of Anāthapiṇḍika whose family were followers of the Nigaṇṭhā until converted to the Buddha through his son’s wife, Cūḷasubhaddā, Anāthapiṇḍika’s daughter.

Ugga7
Place

  • A township in Kosala where the Buddha stayed at the Bhaddārāma, home to a banker’s family who were followers of the Nigaṇṭhā until their conversion to Buddhism, after which Anuruddha lived there to teach the new converts.

AN 8.21

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