Pāli Dictionary

vīra1

vīrrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective · masculine

Root

vīr8sein heldenhaft sein; sein feindselig sein

Synonyms

analasa, uṭṭhāhaka

general

  • heldenhaft; mutig

  • heroic; brave; (comm.) vigorous, energetic

  • SN 1.30

    eṇijaṅghaṃ kisaṃ vīraṃ, app'āhāraṃ alolupaṃ, sīhaṃ'v'ekacaraṃ nāgaṃ, kāmesu anapekkhinaṃ, upasaṅkamma pucchāma, kathaṃ dukkhā pamuccatī'ti

  • MN 56

    asaṃsayassa kusalassa, venayikassa sārathivarassa, anuttarassa ruciradhammassa, nikkaṅkhassa pabhāsakassa, mānacchidassa vīrassa, bhagavato tassa sāvako'ham'asmi.

  • ein Held; ein großer Mann; oft ein Beiname des Buddha

  • (substantively, m.) a hero; a great man; often an epithet of the Buddha

  • Dhp 418

    hitvā ratiñ'ca aratiñ'ca, sītibhūtaṃ nirūpadhiṃ, sabbalok'ābhibhuṃ vīraṃ, tam'ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ.

  • Snp 5.13

    nānājanā janapadehi saṅgatā, tava vīra vākyaṃ abhikaṅkhamānā, tesaṃ tuvaṃ sādhu viyākarohi, tathā hi te vidito esa dhammo.

vīra2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • Vīra Thera — ein Arahant-Thera, ehemals Krieger, der nach der Geburt seines Sohnes in die Hauslosigkeit zog

  • Vīra Thera — an arahant elder, formerly a warrior, who went forth after the birth of his son

  • Thag 1.8

    yo duddamiyo damena danto, vīro santusito vitiṇṇakaṅkho, vijitāvī apetalomahaṃso, vīro so parinibbuto ṭhit'atto'ti.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Vīra
Person

  • Der Sohn eines Ministers von Sāvatthī, der ein großer Krieger wurde, dann nach der Geburt seines Sohnes der Welt entsagte und, den Bitten seiner früheren Frau widerstehend, die Arahantschaft erlangte.

  • A minister’s son of Sāvatthi who became a great warrior, then renounced the world after his son’s birth and, resisting his former wife’s pleas, attained Arahantship.

Thag 1.8
Vīra2
Person

  • Ein Millionär, dessen Tochter dem Buddha Tissa unmittelbar vor dessen Erleuchtung Milchreis darbrachte.

  • A millionaire whose daughter offered milk-rice to the Buddha Tissa immediately before his Enlightenment.

Vīra3
Place

  • Das Dorf, in dem der Millionär Vīra lebte.

  • The village where the millionaire Vīra lived.

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