Pāli Dictionary

anotatta

anprefixavaprefixtaproottasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

tap1burn; radiate heat

cosmology

  • Lake Anotatta, one of the seven great lakes of the Himalayas (its waters said never to be heated by sun or moon)

  • AN 7.66

    catutthassa, bhikkhave, sūriyassa pātubhāvā ye te mahāsarā yato imā mahānadiyo pavattanti, seyyath'idaṃ, anotattā, sīhapapātā, rathakārā, kaṇṇamuṇḍā, kuṇālā, chaddantā, mandākiniyā, tā ussussanti visussanti, na bhavanti.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Anotatta
Place

  • One of the seven great lakes of the Himalayan region, ringed by five peaks, celebrated for its cool, crystal-clear waters where Buddhas, Pacceka Buddhas and Arahants are said to bathe.

Thag 6.10
Anotatta2
Place

  • A reservoir constructed in Sri Lanka by King Parakkamabāhu I, fed by a canal called the Bhagīrathī.

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