Pāli Dictionary

vimalā

viprefixmalrootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

mal1dirty; stain

monastic

  • Vimalā, an arahant bhikkhunī whose verses on the fading of youthful beauty and the peace of liberation are preserved in the Therīgāthā

  • Thig 5.2

    itthaṃ sudaṃ vimalā purāṇagaṇikā therī gāthaṃ abhāsitthā'ti.

vimala1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Vimala, name of several arahant monks recorded in the canon

  • Thag 1.50

    sirīvaḍḍho revato thero, sumaṅgalo sānusavhayo, ramaṇīyavihārī ca, samiddhiujjayasañjayā, rāmaṇeyyo ca so thero, vimalo ca raṇañ'jaho'ti.

vimala2

approximate

viprefixmalrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

mal1dirty; stain

Synonyms

anaṅgaṇa, akammāsa, vītamala, nimmala

Antonyms

samala

general

  • stainless; spotless; unblemished; clean, pure

  • Snp 3.6

    bāhitvā sabbapāpakāni, vimalo sādhusamāhito ṭhit'atto, saṃsāram'aticca kevalī so, asito tādi pavuccate sa brahmā.

  • Dhp 413

    candaṃ'va vimalaṃ suddhaṃ, vippasannam'anāvilaṃ, nandībhavaparikkhīṇaṃ, tam'ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ.

doctrine

  • the Stainless One; the immaculate being — an epithet of the Buddha

  • MN 26

    pāturahosi magadhesu pubbe, dhammo asuddho samalehi cintito, apāpur'etaṃ amatassa dvāraṃ, suṇantu dhammaṃ vimalen'ānubuddhaṃ.

  • MN 56

    dhīrassa vigatamohassa, pabhinnakhīlassa vijitavijayassa, anīghassa susamacittassa, vuddhasīlassa sādhupaññassa, vesamantarassa vimalassa, bhagavato tassa sāvako'ham'asmi

vimala3

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Vimala, name of a Paccekabuddha (privately awakened buddha)

  • MN 116

    satthā pavattā sarabhaṅgo lomahaṃso, ucc'aṅgamāyo asito anāsavo, manomayo mānacchido ca bandhumā, tadādhimutto vimalo ca ketumā.

Encyclopedia

11 entries

Vimalā
Person

  • The daughter of a courtesan of Vesāli who tried to seduce Mahā-Moggallāna, but was instead rebuked by him, becoming a lay follower and eventually an Arahant.

Thig 5.2
Vimalā2
Person

  • A Nāga maiden, queen of Varuṇa, in the Vidhura Jātaka.

Vimalā3
Person

  • The wife of the Buddha Piyadassī in his last lay life.

Vimalā4
Person

  • A Nāga maiden identified as Uppalavaṇṇā in a former life during the time of the Buddha Padumuttara.

Vimala
Otherapproximate

  • One of the four friends of Yasa who, following his example, joined the Order and attained Arahantship.

Vimala2
Personapproximate

  • A member of a rich family in Rājagaha who entered the Order after being deeply moved by the Buddha’s majesty, and attained Arahantship while meditating in a mountain cave in Kosala as a cooling rain fell.

Thag 1.50
Vimala3
Personapproximate

  • A brahmin of Bārāṇasī who entered the Order under Somamitta Thera and, through his encouragement, attained Arahantship, though some accounts reverse their teacher-pupil relationship.

Vimala4
Personapproximate

  • A Pacceka Buddha.

MN 116
Vimala5
Personapproximate

  • One of the palaces occupied by Piyadassī Buddha before his renunciation.

Vimala6
Personapproximate

  • A king who lived sixty-one world-cycles ago in a former birth of the elder Sānu.

Vimala7
Personapproximate

  • A king who lived twenty-one world-cycles ago in the palace Suddassana at Reṇuvatī, a former birth of Rāhula.

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