Pāli Dictionary

virūḷha1

viprefixruhroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

ruh1ascend; grow

Synonyms

pabhāvita

Antonyms

avirūḷha

general

  • grown; developed; increased; flourished

  • SN 12.64

    kabaḷīkāre ce, bhikkhave, āhāre atthi rāgo atthi nandī atthi taṇhā, patiṭṭhitaṃ tattha viññāṇaṃ virūḷhaṃ. yattha patiṭṭhitaṃ viññāṇaṃ virūḷhaṃ, atthi tattha nāmarūpassa avakkanti.

virūḷha2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

virūḷhaka

cosmology

  • Virūḷha(ka), one of the Four Great Kings, guardian deity of the south and lord of the Kumbhaṇḍas

  • DN 20

    dakkhiṇañ'ca disaṃ rājā, virūḷho taṃ pasāsati, kumbhaṇḍānaṃ adhipati, mahārājā yasassiso.

Encyclopedia

Virūḷha
Person

  • One of the Four Great Regent Kings, guardian of the south, who sits facing north in the assembly of the devas and rules over the Kumbhaṇḍas.

DN 20DN 32

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