Pāli Dictionary

upacāla

approximate

upaprefixcālastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine


monastic

  • 优波遮罗(一位比丘长老之名,舍利弗的外甥)

  • Upacāla, name of a monk (thera), nephew of Sāriputta

  • AN 10.72

    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā vesāliyaṃ viharati mahāvane kūṭ'āgārasālāyaṃ sambahulehi abhiññātehi abhiññātehi therehi sāvakehi saddhiṃ, āyasmatā ca cālena, āyasmatā ca upacālena, āyasmatā ca kukkuṭena, āyasmatā ca kaḷimbhena, āyasmatā ca nikaṭena, āyasmatā ca kaṭissahena, aññehi ca abhiññātehi abhiññātehi therehi sāvakehi saddhiṃ.

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Upacālā
Person
  • 舍利弗之妹,随兄出家为尼,禅修安陀林时曾降伏魔罗诱起情欲之企图,此事所涉偈颂在不同记载中于三姊妹间归属不一。

  • A sister of Sāriputta who became a nun following his example and defeated Māra’s attempt to arouse sensual desire in her while meditating in the Andhavana, an episode whose verses are variously attributed among the three sisters in different accounts.

Thig 7.3SN 5.7
  • 弗沙佛的上首女弟子。

  • The chief woman disciple of Phussa Buddha.

  • 苏摩那佛的首席女施主。

  • The chief woman supporter of Sumana Buddha.

Upacāla
Personapproximate
  • 优波遮罗之子、舍利弗与荆棘林离婆多的外甥,由离婆多为其剃度,位列住在毘舍离重阁讲堂的一群杰出弟子之中。

  • A monk who was the son of Upacālā and nephew of Sāriputta and Khadiravaniya-Revata, ordained by Revata and counted among a group of eminent disciples dwelling at Vesāli’s Kūṭāgārasālā.

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