Pāli Dictionary
vasabha
Part of speech
noun · masculine
general
牡牛、牛王(比喩的に卓越した者)
a bull; a head/stud bull; (fig.) a foremost, eminent one
Encyclopedia
7 entries
Vasabha
Personクトゥンビヤンガナの家長でヴェールスマナの父であり、スリランカの年代記に言及される
A householder of Kuṭumbiyaṅgana and father of Veḷusumana, mentioned in the Sri Lankan chronicles.
Vasabha2
Person若い頃占星術師の死刑宣告から辛くも逃れ、後にスバ王を破って王座を奪い、多くの造営事業で知られる四十四年間の治世を続けたスリランカの王
A king of Sri Lanka who narrowly escaped execution as a young man under a soothsayer’s death-warrant, later seized the throne by defeating King Subha, and reigned for forty-four years marked by extensive building works.
Vasabha3
Personヴァルナ村のバラモンで、その娘は成道前のピヤダッシー仏に乳粥を供養した
A brahmin of Varuṇa village whose daughter offered milk-rice to the Buddha Piyadassī before his Enlightenment.
Vasabha4
Personナーラダ仏の主要な在家外護者の一人
One of the chief lay supporters of the Buddha Nārada.
Vasabha5
Personリッチャヴィ王族の血を引く長老で、篤信の外護者への慈悲から放縦だと誤解されていたが、近くの偽善的な僧について彼を試したサッカ(帝釈天)がその潔白を確認した
A thera of Licchavi royal descent who, out of compassion for his devoted patrons, was mistaken for self-indulgent until Sakka, testing him about a fraudulent monk nearby, confirmed his integrity.
Vasabha6
Placeヒマヴァー山脈近くの山
A mountain near the Himavā range.
Vasabha7
Personパドゥムッタラ仏の時代の阿羅漢長老で、頭陀行第一と称された。この名は明らかにニサバの異称である
An Arahant thera of the time of the Buddha Padumuttara, declared foremost among monks for austere practices; the name is evidently a variant of Nisabha.
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