Pāli Dictionary

aciravatī

aprefixcirastemvantsuffixīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

cosmology

  • the Aciravatī, name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India

  • Ud 5.5

    puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, yā kāci mahānadiyo, seyyath'idaṃ gaṅgā yamunā aciravatī sarabhū mahī, tā mahāsamuddaṃ patvā jahanti purimāni nāmagottāni, mahāsamuddo'tv'eva saṅkhaṃ gacchanti

  • DN 13

    taṃ kiṃ maññasi, vāseṭṭha, api nu tassa purisassa avhāyanahetu vā āyācanahetu vā patthanahetu vā abhinandanahetu vā aciravatiyā nadiyā pārimaṃ tīraṃ orimaṃ tīraṃ āgaccheyyā'ti? no h'idaṃ, bho gotama.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

nacīravatī
  1. na

    not; no; neither; nor (negative particle; also as negative prefix in compounds)

  2. cīra

    bark, fibre; bark cloth (a garment made of bark)

  3. vatīvati

    fence; enclosure

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Aciravatī
Place

  • A river of Kosala, one of the five great rivers of ancient India and the modern Rāpti, which flowed past Sāvatthi and was the setting for the Buddha’s Tevijja Sutta.

AN 10.15Ud 5.5
Aciravati
Placeapproximate

  • A canal in Sri Lanka running westward from the Mahāvālukagaṅgā, from which four other canals — the Sataruddhā, Nibbindā, Dhavalā, and Sīdā — flowed eastward.

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