Kumuda

1. Kumuda.-A Niraya - strictly speaking, a period of suffering. It is equal to twelve Padumas.

The Kokālika monk was born in Kumuda-niraya. S.i.152f; see also SN., p.126; SNA.ii.476.

2. Kumuda.-One of the three palaces of Sobhita Buddha in his last lay life. Bu.vii.17.

3. Kumuda.-A city. There an enemy of Piyadassī Buddha, Sona by name, made an unsuccessful attempt to kill him by means of the elephant Donamukha. Bu.xiv.6; BuA.174.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from

kumuda : [nt.] white water lily.

 

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Kumuda (nt.) 1. the white lotus Dh 285; Vv 354 (=VvA 161); J v.37 (seta˚); Vism 174; DA i.139. -- 2. a high numeral, in vīsati kumudā nirayā A v.173=Sn p. 126.
   -- naḷa a lotus -- stalk J i.223; -- patta ( -- vaṇṇa) (having the colour of) white lotus petals J i.58 (Ep. of sindhavā, steeds); -- bhaṇḍikā a kind of corn Miln 292;-- vaṇṇa (adj.) of the colour of white lotus (sindhavā) PvA 74, -- vana a mass of white lotuses J v.37.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

kumuda: n. 白蓮

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