Pāli Dictionary

vasabha

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • 公牛;种牛;(喻)杰出者、首领

  • a bull; a head/stud bull; (fig.) a foremost, eminent one

Encyclopedia

7 entries

Vasabha
Person
  • 见于斯里兰卡编年史,Kuṭumbiyaṅgana 的一位居士,Veḷusumana 之父。

  • A householder of Kuṭumbiyaṅgana and father of Veḷusumana, mentioned in the Sri Lankan chronicles.

Vasabha2
Person
  • 斯里兰卡的一位国王,年轻时因占星预言几遭处死,后击败 Subha 王夺得王位,在位四十四年,大兴土木建造多处佛寺水利。

  • 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
  • Varuṇa 村的一位婆罗门,其女曾在 Piyadassī 佛证悟前供养乳粥。

  • A brahmin of Varuṇa village whose daughter offered milk-rice to the Buddha Piyadassī before his Enlightenment.

Vasabha4
Person
  • Nārada 佛的主要在家护法之一。

  • One of the chief lay supporters of the Buddha Nārada.

Vasabha5
Person
  • 出身离车族王室的一位长老,因怜悯信众而受用供养,一度被误认为耽于享受,直至帝释天就邻近一位伪善僧人前来试探,方证实其操守清白。

  • 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.

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  • 喜马拉雅山(Himavā)附近的一座山。

  • A mountain near the Himavā range.

Vasabha7
Person
  • Padumuttara 佛时代的一位阿罗汉长老,被誉为苦行第一,此名显系 Nisabha 的异写。

  • 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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