Pāli Dictionary

vaṅgīsa

vaṅgastemīsastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

vaṅgantaputta

monastic

  • Vaṅgīsa, an arahant monk foremost in spontaneous poetic expression

  • SN 8.4

    tena kho pana samayena āyasmato vaṅg'īsassa anabhirati uppannā hoti, rāgo cittaṃ anuddhaṃseti.

  • AN 1.212

    etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ paṭibhānavantānaṃ yadidaṃ vaṅgīso.

Encyclopedia

Vaṅgīsa
Person

  • A brahmin skilled at divining the rebirth of the dead by tapping their skulls, who joined the Order after meeting the Buddha, attained Arahantship, and became renowned as a poet, being declared foremost among monks in ready wit.

SN 8.4Snp 3.3

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