Dighalatthi, Dīghalaṭṭhi, Digha-latthi: 3 definitions
Introduction:
Dighalatthi means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA devaputta who once visited the Buddha at the Kalandakanivapa in Veluvana and spoke a verse (S.i.52). The Commentary (SA.i.87) says that Dighalatthi (long stick) was his nickname, referring to his great height while on earth.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarydīghalaṭṭhi (ဒီဃလဋ္ဌ�) [(thī) (ထ�)]�
ڻī+ṭṭ
ဒĮă�+လċĹČĭ]
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)īṭṭ�
(Burmese text): (�) ရှည်လျားသေ� နွယ်ကြိုး၊ နွယ်ကြိုးရှည်။ (တ�) (�) ရှည်သေ� အရိုးရှိသေ� (ခက်ရင်းစသည�)� (�) ရှည်သေ�-ကိုယ�-ခန္ဓ�-အတ္တဘေ� ရှိသော၊ သ� (ဒီဃလဋ္ဌိနတ်သာ� စသည�)�
(Auto-Translation): (1) Long vine, long vine. (specific) (2) Long and having bones (hardcore, etc.). (3) Long-bodied, having a corporeal identity, he (like the earth deity, etc.).
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Digha, Latthi.
Starts with: Dighalatthi Sutta.
Full-text: Dighalatthi Sutta.
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