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vīraṁ

Vīra

manly, mighty, heroic; a hero SN.i.137 ; Snp.44 Snp.165 ( not dhīra), Snp.642 , Snp.1096 , Snp.1102 ; Thag.736 (nara˚ hero) Cnd.609 ; Dhp-a.iv.225 ■ mahā˚ ; a hero SN.i.110 , SN.i.193 SN.iii.83 (of the Arahant) ■ vīra is often an epithet of the Buddha. -aṅgarūpa built like a hero, heroic, divine DN.

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manly, mighty, heroic; a hero SN.i.137; Snp.44 Snp.165 (not dhīra), Snp.642, Snp.1096, Snp.1102; Thag.736 (nara˚ hero) Cnd.609; Dhp-a.iv.225
■ mahā˚; a hero SN.i.110, SN.i.193 SN.iii.83 (of the Arahant)
■ vīra is often an epithet of the Buddha.

  • -aṅgarūpa built like a hero, heroic, divine DN.i.89 DN.ii.16; DN.iii.59, DN.iii.142, DN.iii.145; SN.i.89; Snp.p.106; explained as “devaputta-sadisa-kāya” at DN-a.i.250 & Snp-a.450.; The BSk. equivalent is var -anga-rūpin (distorted fr vīr˚), e.g. Mvu.i.49; Mvu.ii.158; Mvu.iii.197.

Vedic vīra; cp. Av. vīra, Lat. vir, virtus “virtue”; Gotu. wair, Ohg, Ags wer; to vayas strength etc.; cp viriya

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