Pāli Dictionary

aciravatī

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aprefixcirastemvantsuffixīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

cosmology

  • 阿致罗筏底河；古印度五大河之一

  • 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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Compound structure

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nacīravatī
  1. na

    不；非；没有（否定小品词；复合词中亦作否定前缀）

  2. cīra

    树皮纤维；树皮布（以树皮制成的衣物）

  3. vatīvati

    篱笆；围栏

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Aciravati
Place

  • 斯里兰卡一条运河，从摩诃筏罗迦河（Mahāvālukagaṅgā）向西流出，另有萨多楼陀（Sataruddhā）、尼频陀（Nibbindā）、达婆罗（Dhavalā）、悉陀（Sīdā）四条运河由此向东分流。

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

Aciravatī
Placeapproximate

  • 拘萨罗国的一条河流，古印度五大河之一，即今日的 Rāpti 河，流经舍卫城，佛陀曾在此宣说《三明经》。

  • 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

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