Pāli Dictionary

vappa1

vaprootyasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vap1sow; shave

general

  • planting; sowing

  • Snp 1.4

    tena kho pana samayena kasibhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa pañcamattāni naṅgalasatāni payuttāni honti vappakāle.

  • Vappa, name of a lunar month (roughly October-November), the sowing season

vappa2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Vappa, a Sākiyan disciple of the Nigaṇṭhas who became a follower of the Buddha

  • AN 4.195

    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ nigrodh'ārāme. atha kho vappo sakko nigaṇṭhasāvako yen'āyasmā mahāmoggallāno ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ mahāmoggallānaṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ nisīdi.

vappa3

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • Vappa, an arahant monk, one of the Pañcavaggiyā (the Buddha’s first five monastic disciples)

  • Thag 1.70

    vappo ca vajjiputto ca, pakkho vimalakoṇḍañño, ukkhepakatavaccho ca, meghiyo ekadhammiko, ek'udāniyachannā ca, puṇṇatthero mahabbalo'ti.

vappati

vaprootyasuffix

via inflected form vappa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

vap1sow; shave

general

  • is sown; is planted

  • AN 3.39

    mama sudaṃ, bhikkhave, pitu nivesane pokkharaṇiyo kāritā honti. ekattha sudaṃ, bhikkhave, uppalaṃ vappati, ekattha padumaṃ, ekattha puṇḍarīkaṃ, yāva'd'eva mam'atthāya.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Vappa
Person

  • One of the group of five ascetics who accompanied the Bodhisatta during his years of austerity, left him in disappointment when he began taking solid food, but later became one of the first to attain Arahantship after hearing the Buddha’s early teachings at Isipatana.

Thag 1.61
Vappa2
Person

  • A Sakyan formerly a disciple of the Jain ascetics who, after a discussion with Mahā-Moggallāna and the Buddha on the destruction of mental corruptions, became convinced of the Buddha’s teaching and joined his followers.

AN 4.195

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