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noun · feminine
cosmology
아치라와띠 강; 고대 인도의 오대강 중 하나
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.
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Aciravatī
Place꼬살라의 강으로, 고대 인도의 오대하 중 하나이며 현재의 랍티 강에 해당하고, 사왓티 옆을 흘러 부처님의 『떼윗자경』의 배경이 되었다
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.
마하왈루카강가에서 서쪽으로 흐르는 스리랑카의 운하로, 여기서 사타룻다, 닙빈다, 다왈라, 시다라는 네 운하가 동쪽으로 갈라져 흘렀다
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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