Pāli Dictionary

vidhura1

viprefixdhurastem

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

sātatika

general

  • unburdened; (commentarial) incomparable, peerless

  • Snp 5.1

    sāvatthiyaṃ kosalamandire jino, pahūtapañño varabhūrimedhaso, so sakyaputto vidhuro anāsavo, muddh'ādhipātassa vidū nar'āsabho.

  • responsible; diligent; persevering

  • AN 3.20

    kathañ'ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vidhuro hoti? idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu āraddhavīriyo viharati akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ pahānāya, kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ upasampadāya, thāmavā daḷhaparakkamo anikkhittadhuro kusalesu dhammesu.

vidhura2

viprefixdhurastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • name of one of Kakusandha Buddha’s chief disciples

  • MN 50

    yāvatā kho pana, pāpima, kakusandhassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa sāvakā, tesu na ca koci āyasmatā vidhurena samasamo hoti yadidaṃ dhammadesanāya. iminā kho evaṃ, pāpima, pariyāyena āyasmato vidhurassa vidhuro't'eva samaññā udapādi.

Encyclopedia

6 entries

Vidhura
Person

  • A brahmin chaplain of the King of Bārāṇasī, identified with Mahā-Kassapa, whose story is told in the Sambhava Jātaka.

Vidhura2
Person

  • The Bodhisatta as the wise minister of King Dhanañjaya-Korabya, renowned for owning three palaces and a thousand wives; his story is told in the Vidhura Jātaka.

Ja 546
Vidhura3
Person

  • A wise man (paṇḍita) named Vidhura mentioned in the Milindapañha as a past birth of the Bodhisatta, from a story likely identical with the Sabbadāṭha Jātaka, in which Devadatta appears as a jackal ruling all of Jambudīpa.

Vidhura4
Other

  • A cross-reference entry pointing to the related name Vidhūra.

Vidhūra
Personapproximate

  • One of the two chief disciples of the Buddha Kakusandha, so named because he was an unrivalled teacher of the Dhamma.

Vidhūra2
Otherapproximate

  • A cross-reference to the sage Vidhura.

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