Isi
Isi,[Vedic ṛṣi fr.ṛṣ.-- Voc.ise Sn.1025; pl.Nom.isayo,Gen.isinaṁ S.II,280 & isīnaṁ S.I,192; etc.inst.isibhi Th.1,1065] -- 1.a holy man,one gifted with special powers of insight & inspiration,an anchoret,a Seer,Sage,Saint,“Master” D.I,96 (kaṇho isi ahosi); S.I,33,35,65,128,191,192,226 sq.,236 (ācāro isīnaṁ); II,280 (dhammo isinaṁ dhajo); A.II,24,51; Vin.IV,15 = 22 (°bhāsito dhammo); It.123; Sn.284,458,979,689,691,1008,1025,1043,1044,1116 (dev° divine Seer),1126,Nd2 149 (isi-nāmakā ye keci isi-pabbajjaṁ pabbajitā ājīvikā nigaṇṭhā jaṭilā tāpasā); Dh.281; J.I,17 (v.90:isayo n’atthi me samā of Buddha); J.V,140 (°gaṇa),266,267 (isi Gotamo); Pv.II,614 (= yama-niyam’ādīnaṁ esanatthena isayo PvA.98); II,133 (= jhān’ādīnaṁ guṇānaṁ esanatthena isi PvA.163); IV,73 (= asekkhānaṁ sīlakkhandh’ādīnaṁ esanatthena isiṁ PvA.265); Miln.19 (°vāta) 248 (°bhattika); DA.I,266 (Gen.isino); Sdhp.200,384.See also mahesi.-- 2.(in brahmanic tradition) the ten (divinely) inspired singers or composers of the Vedic hymns (brāhmaṇānaṁ pubbakā isayo mantānaṁ 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 (lit.“bull”) among Saints,Ep.of the Buddha Sn.698; Vv 167 (cp.VvA.82).--pabbajjā the (holy) life of an anchoret Vism.123; DhA.I,105; IV,55; PvA.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,Vessabhu,Kakusandha,Koṇāgamana & Kassapa Buddhas) M.I,386; S.I,192; Sn.356; Th.1,1240 (= Bhagavā isi ca sattamo ca uttamaṭṭhena SnA 351); Vv 211 (= buddha-isinaṁ Vipassi-ādīnaṁ sattamo VvA.105).(Page 123)