Pāli Dictionary

verocana

veprefixrucrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ruc1照耀；喜樂

Synonyms

sūriya, suriya, ādicca, pabhaṅkara, sataraṃsī, divākara, ravi

cosmology

  • 太陽；（字面義）「放光者」，太陽之裔

  • the sun; (lit.) ‘shining forth’, descendant of the sun

  • SN 2.10

    yo andhakāre tamasi pabhaṅ'karo, verocano maṇḍalī uggatejo. mā rāhu gilī caram'antalikkhe, pajaṃ mamaṃ rāhu pamuñca sūriyan'ti.

  • Ud 6.10

    obhāsati tāva so kimi, yāva na unnamate pabhaṅ'karo, sa verocanamhi uggate, hatappabho hoti na c'āpi bhāsati.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Verocana
Other

  • 指向 Veroca 條目的參見條目。

  • A cross-reference to the entry on Veroca.

Verocana2
Other

  • 帝釋天賜予 Kusa 太子的一枚寶珠，助其對抗七位爭娶 Pabhāvatī 的敵王。

  • A jewel given by Sakka to Prince Kusa when he fought seven rival kings for Pabhāvatī’s hand.

Verocana3
Person

  • 恆河中的一位那伽王，那羅達佛度化那伽 Mahādona 後，他在河中宮殿設宴款待佛陀，當場竟有八萬人聞法出家。

  • A Nāga king of the Gaṅgā who, after Nārada Buddha converted the Nāga Mahādona, hosted the Buddha at his river palace, an occasion on which eighty thousand men were ordained.

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