Pāli Dictionary
vasabha
Part of speech
noun · masculine
general
公牛;種牛;(喻)傑出者、首領
a bull; a head/stud bull; (fig.) a foremost, eminent one
Encyclopedia
7 entries
Vasabha
Person見於斯里蘭卡編年史,Kuṭumbiyaṅgana 的一位居士,Veḷusumana 之父。
A householder of Kuṭumbiyaṅgana and father of Veḷusumana, mentioned in the Sri Lankan chronicles.
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Person斯里蘭卡的一位國王,年輕時因占星預言幾遭處死,後擊敗 Subha 王奪得王位,在位四十四年,大興土木建造多處佛寺水利。
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.
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PersonVaruṇa 村的一位婆羅門,其女曾在 Piyadassī 佛證悟前供養乳粥。
A brahmin of Varuṇa village whose daughter offered milk-rice to the Buddha Piyadassī before his Enlightenment.
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PersonNārada 佛的主要在家護法之一。
One of the chief lay supporters of the Buddha Nārada.
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Person出身離車族王室的一位長老,因憐憫信眾而受用供養,一度被誤認為耽於享受,直至帝釋天就鄰近一位偽善僧人前來試探,方證實其操守清白。
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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Place喜馬拉雅山(Himavā)附近的一座山。
A mountain near the Himavā range.
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PersonPadumuttara 佛時代的一位阿羅漢長老,被譽為苦行第一,此名顯系 Nisabha 的異寫。
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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