Pāli Dictionary

uposatha

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vas1dwell; live

Synonyms

uposathadivasa

monastic

  • the Uposatha; the observance day (new-moon and full-moon days)

  • AN 8.41

    aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgato bhikkhave uposatho upavuttho mahapphalo

  • the Uposatha ceremony; the fortnightly recitation of the Pātimokkha

  • Ud 5.5

    atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi, na dān'āhaṃ, bhikkhave, ito paraṃ uposathaṃ karissāmi, pātimokkhaṃ uddisissāmi

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Uposatha
Person

  • A legendary king at the dawn of the world-cycle, son of Varakalyāṇa, father of Mandhātu, and an ancestor of the Sakyan clan.

Uposatha2
Person

  • The name of the Elephant-Treasure belonging to the wheel-turning monarch Mahāsudassana, and also the name of a noble clan of elephants renowned for their strength and beauty.

Uposatha3
Person

  • Eldest of the ninety-nine brothers of King Saṃvara of Bārāṇasī, who persuaded his siblings to abandon their claim to the throne, and is identified with Sāriputta in a former life.

Uposathā
Otherapproximate

  • A pious laywoman of Sāketa who, after death, was reborn in Tāvatiṃsa, where she expressed to Mahā-Moggallāna her regret at having wished for a pleasure-garden rebirth instead of heeding the Buddha’s teaching.

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