masculine
Isi [Vedic r̥śi from r̥ś — Vocative ise Snp 1025; plural nominative isayo, genitive isinaṃ S II 280 and isīnaṃ S I 192; etc. instrumental isibhi Thag 1065] 1. a holy man, one gifted with special powers of insight and inspiration, an anchorite, a seer, sage, saint, "master" D I 96 (kaṇho isi ahosi); S I 33, 35, 65, 128, 191, 192, 226 f., 236 (ācāro isīnaṃ); II 280 (dhammo isinaṃ dhajo); A II 24, 51; Vin IV 15 = 22 (°bhāsito dhammo); It 123; Snp 284, 458, 979, 689, 691, 1008, 1025, 1043, 1044, 1116 (dev° divine Seer), 1126, Nidd II §149 (isi-nāmakā ye keci isi-pabbajjaṃ pabbajitā ājīvikā nigaṇṭhā jaṭilā tāpasā); Dhp 281; Ja I 17 (V 90: isayo n'atthi me samā of Buddha); Ja V 140 (°gaṇa), 266, 267 (isi Gotamo); Pv II 6 14 (= yama-niyamādīnaṃ esanatthena isayo Pv-a 98); II 133 (= jhānādīnaṃ guṇānaṃ esanatthena isi Pv-a 163); IV 73 (= asekkhānaṃ sīlakkhandhādīnaṃ esanatthena isiṃ Pv-a 265); Miln 19 (°vāta) 248 (°bhattika); Sv I 266 (genitive isino); Saddh 200, 384. See also mahesi. 2. (in brahmanic tradition) the ten (divinely) inspired singers or composers of the Vedic hymns (brāhmaṇānaṃ pubbakā isayo mantānaṃ kattāro pavattāro), whose names are given at Vin I 245; D I 104, 238; A III 224, IV 61 as follows: Aṭṭhaka, Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi (Yamadaggi), Aṅgirasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, Bhagu. -nisabha the first (literal "bull") among saints, epithet of the Buddha Snp 698; Vv 16 7 (cf. Vv-a 82); -pabbajjā the (holy) life of an anchorite Vism 123; Dhp-a I 105; IV 55; Pv-a 162; -vāta the wind of a Saint Miln 19; Vism 18; -sattama the 7th of the great Sages (i.e. Gotama Buddha, as 7th in the sequence of Vipassin, Sikhin, Vessabhū, Kakūsandha, Koṇāgamana and Kassapa Buddhas) M I 386; S I 192; Snp 356; Thag 1240 (= Bhagavā isi ca sattamo ca uttamaṭṭhena Pj II 351); Vv 21 1 (= Buddha-isinaṃ Vipassī-ādīnaṃ sattamo Vv-a 105).
an inspired poet or sage of the past, especially the authors of the Vedic hymns; a legendary seer; an ascetic or anchorite (often possessing magical powers); a sage, a seer (used usually of non-buddhists, but sometimes applied to the Buddha himself or to bhikkhus)
【陽】 聖人，預言者。~pabbajjā,【陰】 離家去當隱士。~patana,【中】 鹿野苑，一個地方的名字。
(masc, masc) seer; sage sage, seer