Pāli Dictionary

araññakuṭikā

araññastemkuṭikāstem

Part of speech

noun · feminine

monastic

  • 林間小屋；森林中的小茅棚（比丘獨居修行所用）

  • a small forest hut; a little cabin in the woods (used by monks apart from a monastery)

  • SN 2.25

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ sambahulā bhikkhū, kosalesu viharanti himavantapasse araññakuṭikāya uddhatā unnaḷā capalā mukharā vikiṇṇavācā muṭṭhassatino asampajānā asamāhitā vibbhantacittā pākat'indriyā.

Encyclopedia

Araññakuṭikā
Place

  • 泛指佛陀時代比丘常住的林中茅篷，包括王舍城附近大目犍連與大迦葉曾居住之處，以及提伽楞歧迦與雪山山麓的其他幾處。

  • A generic term for the forest hermitages frequented by monks in the Buddha’s time, including sites near Rājagaha used by Mahā-Moggallāna and Mahā-Kassapa and others near Dīghalaṅghika and the Himalayan foothills.

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