Pāli Dictionary

upasamā

upaprefixsamrootasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

sam3sein ruhig sein


monastic

  • Upasamā; Name einer Arahant-Bhikkhuni

  • Upasamā; name of an arahant bhikkhuni whose verse is found in the Therīgāthā

  • Thig 1.10

    upasame tare oghaṃ, maccudheyyaṃ suduttaraṃ, dhārehi antimaṃ dehaṃ, jetvā māraṃ savāhanan'ti.

upasama

approximate

upaprefixsamrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

sam3sein ruhig sein

Synonyms

Antonyms


mind

  • Ruhe; Gemütsruhe; Beruhigung

  • calmness; tranquility; stillness; peace; allaying

  • DN 2

    piyo me, bhante, udayabhaddo kumāro. iminā me, bhante, upasamena udayabhaddo kumāro samannāgato hotu yen'eta'r'ahi upasamena bhikkhusaṅgho samannāgato'ti.

  • MN 139

    ete kho, bhikkhave, ubho ante anupagamma majjhimā paṭipadā tathāgatena abhisambuddhā, cakkhukaraṇī ñāṇakaraṇī upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati.

doctrine

  • höchster Frieden; ein Beiname für Nibbāna

  • ultimate peace; an epithet of Nibbāna

Encyclopedia

Upasamā
Person
  • Eine Arahant-Nonne aus einer Sakya-Familie von Kapilavatthu, die als Hofdame am Hof des Bodhisatta diente, bevor sie mit Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī der Welt entsagte, und Einsicht gewann, als sie von einem Strahl des Glanzes des Buddha ermahnt wurde

  • An Arahant nun of a Sakyan family of Kapilavatthu who served as a lady of the Bodhisatta’s court before renouncing the world with Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, gaining insight when admonished by a ray of the Buddha’s glory.

Thig 1.10

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