Dummedha, Du-medha: 3 definitions
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Dummedha 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.
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Pali-English dictionary
dummedha : (adj.) foolish.
dummedha (ဒုမ္မေဓ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[du+medhā．natthi medhā etesanti dummedhā．sammo,yo.182．(dummeha-prāç addhamāgadhī)]
[ဒု+မေဓာ။ နတ္ထိ မေဓာ ဧတေသန္တိ ဒုမ္မေဓာ။ သမ္မော၊ ယော။၁၈၂။ (ဒုမ္မေဟ-ပြာ,အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
dummedha—
(Burmese text): (၁) ပညာမရှိသော၊ ပညာမဲ့သော။ (၂) နည်းသော ပညာရှိသော၊ ပညာနည်းသော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Uneducated, ignorant. (2) Few educated, less knowledgeable, a person.
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: Du, Medha, Dou, Tu.
Starts with: Dummedha Jataka, Dummedhagocara, Dummedhi, Dummejjha.
Full-text: Dummedha Jataka, Dummejjha, Dummedhagocara, Dummedhi, Vepulla.
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Search found 8 books and stories containing Dummedha, Du-medha, Du-medhā; (plurals include: Dummedhas, medhas, medhās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 394 - The Story of the Trickster Brāhmin < [Chapter 26 - Brāhmaṇa Vagga (The Brāhmaṇa)]
Verse 355 - The Story of a Childless Rich Man < [Chapter 24 - Taṇhā Vagga (Craving)]
Verse 161 - The Story of Mahākāla Upāsaka < [Chapter 12 - Atta Vagga (Self)]
The Life of Sariputta (by Nyanaponika Thera)
Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 50: Dummedha-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Jataka 122: Dummedha-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Formal Education System in Ancient India (by Sushmita Nath)
The Takṣaśilā centre of learning < [Chapter 3 - Centres of Learning in Vedic and Buddhist Period]
Sri Lanka at the Crossroads of History (by Zoltán Biedermann)
The cosmopolitan care for language and the Subodhalankara < [Chapter 4 - Medieval Pali literary theory]
Milindapanha (questions of King Milinda) (by T. W. Rhys Davids)