Pāli Dictionary

uppala1

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • 青蓮花；（泛指）水生花卉

  • blue water lily; (broadly) an aquatic flower

  • Dhp 55

    candanaṃ tagaraṃ vā'pi, uppalaṃ atha vassikī, etesaṃ gandhajātānaṃ, sīlagandho anuttaro.

  • AN 10.81

    seyyathā'pi, vāhana, uppalaṃ vā padumaṃ vā puṇḍarīkaṃ vā udake jātaṃ udake saṃvaḍḍhaṃ udakā paccuggamma ṭhitaṃ anupalittaṃ udakena.

cosmology

  • 青蓮花，作為菩薩出世時相傳出現的四寶之一

  • the blue lotus as one of the four traditional treasures (nidhi) said to appear for a Bodhisatta

uppala2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 優鉢羅；一位辟支佛（獨覺佛）之名

  • Uppala, name of a paccekabuddha (a privately awakened Buddha)

  • MN 116

    jeto jayanto padumo uppalo ca, padum'uttaro rakkhito pabbato ca, mānatthaddho sobhito vītarāgo, kaṇho ca buddho suvimuttacitto.

Encyclopedia

5 entries

Uppala
Person

  • 《仙人墮山經》（Isigili Sutta）中提及的一位辟支佛。

  • A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in the Isigili Sutta.

MN 116
Uppala2
Place

  • 守護逝多（Jotiya）宮殿的一位夜叉，率二千隨從。

  • A yakkha who guarded Jotiya’s palace, having two thousand followers.

Uppala3
Person

  • 武士鬱摩陀弗沙提婆（Ummāda-Phussadeva）之父。

  • The father of the warrior Ummāda-Phussadeva.

Uppala4
Other

  • 一個地獄名；據覺音（Buddhaghosa）說，它並非獨立的地獄，而是地獄中一段受苦時期的名稱。

  • A hell, though according to Buddhaghosa it is not a distinct hell but the name of a period of suffering within hell.

Uppala5
Person

  • 菩薩誕生之日從地下湧現的寶藏之一，方圓達四分之三由旬。

  • One of the treasure troves that rose up from the earth on the day of the Bodhisatta’s birth, extending three-quarters of a league.

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