Pāli Dictionary

aciravatī

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aprefixcirastemvantsuffixīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

cosmology

  • 阿致羅筏底河；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；沒有（否定小品詞；複合詞中亦作否定前綴）

  2. cīra

    樹皮纖維；樹皮布（以樹皮製成的衣物）

  3. vatīvati

    籬笆；圍欄

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Aciravati
Place

  • 斯里蘭卡一條運河，從摩訶筏羅迦河（Mahāvālukagaṅgā）向西流出，另有薩多樓陀（Sataruddhā）、尼頻陀（Nibbindā）、達婆羅（Dhavalā）、悉陀（Sīdā）四條運河由此向東分流。

  • 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

  • 拘薩羅國的一條河流，古印度五大河之一，即今日的 Rāpti 河，流經舍衛城，佛陀曾在此宣說《三明經》。

  • 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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