Pāli Dictionary

vedalla

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

dal8スプリット；引き裂く

doctrine

  • 毘陀羅（ヴェーダッラ）；問答体の経典；九分教の一つ

  • questions-and-answers exposition; catechism; one of the nine genre-divisions (aṅgas) of the canon

  • AN 4.62

    suttaṃ geyyaṃ veyyākaraṇaṃ gāthā udānaṃ itivuttakaṃ jātakaṃ abbhutadhammaṃ vedallaṃ

  • MN 22

    idha, bhikkhave, ekacce moghapurisā dhammaṃ pariyāpuṇanti, suttaṃ, geyyaṃ, veyyākaraṇaṃ, gāthaṃ, udānaṃ, itivuttakaṃ, jātakaṃ, abbhutadhammaṃ, vedallaṃ.

Encyclopedia

Vedalla
Other

  • 内容によって分類された三蔵の九分教の最後にあたるもので、理解と喜びの両方をもって発せられた質問に応じて説かれたチューラヴェーダッラ経やマハーヴェーダッラ経などの経典を含む。

  • The last of the nine divisions of the Tipiṭaka classified by subject matter, comprising suttas such as the Cūḷavedalla and Mahāvedalla that were taught in response to questions asked with both understanding and delight.

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