Pāli Dictionary

andhavana

andhastemvanastem

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • アンダヴァナ林；サーヴァッティー南方の森

  • Andhavana, a grove south of Sāvatthī used as a retreat by monks and nuns

  • AN 10.7

    ekam'id'āhaṃ, āvuso ānanda, samayaṃ idh'eva sāvatthiyaṃ viharāmi andhavanasmiṃ. tatth'āhaṃ tathārūpaṃ samādhiṃ samāpajjiṃ yathā n'eva pathaviyaṃ pathavisaññī ahosiṃ

  • MN 30

    moḷiyaphaggun'ariṭṭhañ'ca nāmo, andhavane kathipuṇṇaṃ nivāpo, rāsi-kaṇeru-mahāgajanāmo, sār'ūpamo puna piṅgalakoccho.

Encyclopedia

Andhavana
Place

  • Sāvatthi の南に位置し、静寂を求める比丘や比丘尼に好まれた森で、迦葉仏の時代に在家信者を殺害したために盲目になった盗賊たちにちなんで名付けられたと伝えられる。

  • A grove south of Sāvatthi favoured by monks and nuns seeking solitude, said to be named after robbers who were struck blind there for murdering a lay disciple during the time of the Buddha Kassapa.

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