Pāli Dictionary

uposatha

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vas1住；居

Synonyms

uposathadivasa

monastic

  • 布薩日；齋日（新月與滿月的持戒日）

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

  • AN 8.41

    aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgato bhikkhave uposatho upavuttho mahapphalo

  • 布薩（羯磨）；半月誦戒的說戒儀式

  • 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

  • 世界劫初的一位傳說中的國王，Varakalyāṇa 之子、Mandhātu 之父，是釋迦族的一位先祖。

  • 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

  • 轉輪聖王 Mahāsudassana 所擁有的象寶之名，也是一支以力量與體態著稱的高貴象族之名。

  • 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

  • 波羅奈王 Saṃvara 九十九位兄弟中的長兄，說服眾兄弟放棄王位繼承之爭，前生即舍利弗。

  • 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

  • 娑雞多的一位虔誠女信徒，死後轉生忉利天，她向大目犍連表示悔恨，當初只求生於歡喜園而未聽從佛陀教誨以斷盡輪迴。

  • 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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