Pāli Dictionary

upasamā

upaprefixsamrootasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

sam3寂静


monastic

  • 优波奢摩;阿罗汉比丘尼名,其偈颂见于《长老尼偈》

  • 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

sam3寂静

Synonyms

Antonyms


mind

  • 平静;宁静;寂止;止息

  • 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

  • 究竟平静;涅槃的异名

  • ultimate peace; an epithet of Nibbāna

Encyclopedia

Upasamā
Person
  • 迦毗罗卫释迦族出身的一位阿罗汉比丘尼,曾为菩萨宫廷侍女,随大爱道乔答弥出家,因佛陀放光训诫而生起洞见证果。

  • 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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