Pāli Dictionary

madhurā

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • Madhurā: Name einer Stadt, Hauptstadt von Sūrasena am Fluss Yamunā

  • Madhurā: name of a town, capital of Sūrasena on the Yamunā (also a South Indian city of the same name)

  • MN 84

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā mahākaccāno madhurāyaṃ viharati gundāvane. assosi kho rājā mādhuro avantiputto, samaṇo khalu, bho, kaccāno madhurāyaṃ viharati gundāvane.

madhura1

approximate

madhurootrasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

mañju

Antonyms

kaṭuka, amadhura

general

  • süß; lieblich, angenehm

  • sweet; lovely, pleasant

  • Thag 19.1

    kāmā hi citrā madhurā manoramā, aviddasū yattha sitā puthujjanā, te dukkham'icchanti punabbhav'esino, cittena nītā niraye nirākatā.

  • SN 1.71

    kodhaṃ jhatvā sukhaṃ seti, kodhaṃ jhatvā na socati, kodhassa visamūlassa, madhur'aggassa devate, vadhaṃ ariyā pasaṃsanti, tañ'hi jhatvā na socatī'ti.

  • süßer Geschmack; Süßigkeit oder süßes Getränk

  • sweet taste; sweetness, a sweet thing or drink

  • SN 22.79

    ambilam'pi vijānāti, tittakam'pi vijānāti, kaṭukam'pi vijānāti, madhuram'pi vijānāti, khārikam'pi vijānāti, akhārikam'pi vijānāti, loṇikam'pi vijānāti, aloṇikam'pi vijānāti. vijānātī'ti kho, bhikkhave, tasmā viññāṇan'ti vuccati

  • süßer Duft; schöner Wohlgeruch

  • sweet smell; beautiful fragrance

  • Thig 14.1

    madhurañ'ca pavanti sabbaso, kusumarajena samuṭṭhitā dumā, paṭhamavasanto sukho utu, ehi ramāma supupphite vane.

madhura2

approximate

Madhurāstemasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • zur Stadt Madhurā (Mathurā) gehörig

  • of Madhurā (the city of Madhurā/Mathurā)

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Madhurā
Place

  • Die Hauptstadt Sūrasenas an der Yamunā, die der Buddha besuchte und die Mahā-Kaccāna bevorzugte, wo er König Avantiputta die einflussreiche Lehrrede über die Kasten vortrug.

  • The capital of Sūrasena on the Yamunā, visited by the Buddha and favored by Mahā-Kaccāna, who there taught King Avantiputta the influential sutta on caste.

AN 2.38MN 84
Madhurā2
Place

  • Eine Stadt in Südindien, zu unterscheiden von der gleichnamigen Stadt an der Yamunā, die zweite Hauptstadt des Pāṇḍya-Königreichs mit engen historischen Verbindungen zu Sri Lanka.

  • A city in South India, distinguished from the city of the same name on the Yamunā, and the second capital of the Pāṇḍyan kingdom with close historical ties to Sri Lanka.

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