Pāli Dictionary

Cūḷāmaṇi-cetiya

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三十三天中一座高達一由旬的塔,帝釋為供奉佛陀出家時所剪斷的頭髮而建,佛陀入滅後,帝釋又將從 Doṇa 處取得的右鎖骨加入其中。

A cetiya in Tāvatiṃsa one league in height, raised by Sakka over the hair cut off by the Buddha when he donned an ascetic’s robes on the banks of the Anomā (J.i.65).

After the Buddha’s death, Sakka added to the hair the right collar bone taken by him from Doṇa (q.v.), who was trying to conceal it in his turban. DA.ii.609; MT.376; BuA.235; Mhv.xvii.20.

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