Renderings
• kovida: expert
• kovida: knowledgeable
• kovida: proficient (in discerning)
• kovida: proficient
• akovida: ignorant
Illustrations
Illustration: kovidā, experts
Experts in body marks
and conformations (i.e. physiognomists)
☸ vyañjananimittakovidā (D.3.152).
Illustration: kovidā, knowledgeable
Knowledgeable about
the fruit of conduct
☸ kammavipākakovidā (Sn.v.653).
Illustration: kovidaṃ, knowledgeable
One who is
knowledgeable about birth and death
☸ jātimaraṇakovidaṃ (Sn.v.484).
Illustration: kovido, knowledgeable
Our teacher is
knowledgeable about the Deathless.
☸ satthā no amatassa kovido (Th.v.21).
Illustration: kovido, knowledgeable
He is knowledgeable
about the path to safety from (the danger of) bondage (to individual existence).
☸ So yogakkhemassa pathassa kovido ti
(Th.v.69).
Illustration: kovidaṃ, knowledgeable
Knowledgeable about what
is the Path and what is not the Path
☸ maggāmaggassa kovidaṃ (M.2.196).
Illustration: kovido, knowledgeable
The Blessed One is the
knower of the Path, the finder of the Path, knowledgeable about the Path.
☸ maggaññu maggavidū maggakovido (M.3.8).
Illustration: kovidā, knowledgeable
The enlightenened,
those knowledgeable about merit, praise this kind of sacrifice.
☸ Yañña metaṃ pasaṃsanti buddhā puññassa kovidā
(A.2.44).
Illustration: kovido, knowledgeable
Knowledgeable about
the teaching of spiritually outstanding people
☸ sappurisadhammassa kovido (M.1.135).
Illustration: kovido, knowledgeable
Knowledgeable about
the aspects of an offence and its removal
☸ Āpattivuṭṭhānapadassa kovido (Vin.1.359).
Illustration: kovidā, proficient (in discerning)
Proficient (in
discerning) the ways of others’ minds.
☸ cetopariyāyakovidā (S.1.146).
Illustration: kovido, proficient (in discerning)
One who is proficient (in
discerning) the telltale signs of the mind.
☸ Cittanimittassa kovido (Th.v.85).
Illustration: kovido, proficient
I am a master of the
three final knowledges. I am an outstanding meditator, proficient in (attaining)
inward calm.
☸Tevijjohaṃ mahājhāyī cetosamathakovido
(Th.v.112).
Illustration: kovido, proficient
Then he, proficient and
knowledgeable in questions, asked me (the Boy’s) Questions.
☸ Tato pañhe apucchi maṃ pañhānaṃ kovido
vidū (Th.v.482).
Illustration: kovido, proficient
Proficient in the use
of conventional expressions and vocabulary
☸ niruttipadakovido (Th.v.1028).
Illustration: kovido, proficient
Proficient in analysis
☸ vibhaṅgakovido (Vin.1.359).
Illustration: kovido, proficient
Proficient at
obstructing his opponents
☸ Paccatthikānañca visandhikovido
(Vin.1.359).
Illustration: kovidā, ignorant
I do not approve of their teachings; they
are ignorant of the Buddha’s teaching.
☸ na tesaṃ dhammaṃ rocemi na te dhammassa
kovidā (S.1.133).
Illustration: akovido, ignorant
The ignorant Everyman, who has no regard
for the Noble Ones and is ignorant
of and uninstructed in their teaching
☸ assutavā puthujjano ariyānaṃ adassāvī
ariyadhammassa akovido ariyadhamme avinīto (S.4.286-7).
Illustration: akovidā, ignorant
But simpletons
ignorant of the teaching do not understand it even in its presence.
☸ Santike na vijānanti magā dhammassa akovidā
(S.4.128).
Illustration: akovide, ignorant
The fire of undiscernment
of reality burns those who are undiscerning of reality, who are ignorant of the
noble teaching.
☸ mohaggi pana sammūḷhe ariyadhamme akovide
(It.92).
Illustration: akovidā, ignorant
Those people are ignorant of the teaching who think he is a
fool, the one who is a healer of both himself and the other.
☸ Ubhinnaṃ tikicchantaṃ taṃ attano ca
parassa ca
Janā maññanti bālo ti ye dhammassa akovidā (Th.v.444).
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