Pāli Dictionary

uposatha

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vas1住む。ライブ

Synonyms

uposathadivasa

monastic

  • 布薩（ふさつ）；斎日（さいにち）

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

  • AN 8.41

    aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgato bhikkhave uposatho upavuttho mahapphalo

  • 布薩羯磨；説戒

  • 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

  • 世界劫の初めの伝説的な王で、ヴァラカリヤーナの息子、マンダートゥの父であり、サキャ族の祖先の一人

  • 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

  • 転輪聖王マハースダッサナの持つ象宝の名であり、力と美しさで名高い高貴な象の一族の名でもある

  • 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

  • バーラーナシーのサンヴァラ王の九十九人の弟の中の長兄で、全員に王位継承権の放棄を説得し、サーリプッタの前生とされる

  • 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

  • サーケータの敬虔な女性在家信者で、死後忉利天に生まれ変わり、仏の教えに従う代わりに快楽の園への転生を願ったことを後悔していると大目犍連に語った。

  • 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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