Pāli Dictionary

Mahāvana2

Place

The primeval forest near Kapilavatthu, said to stretch from the edge of the city to the Himalayas on one side and to the sea on the other, where the Buddha taught the Mahāsamaya Sutta.

The wood near Kapilavatthu, it was virgin forest, and reached from the edge of Kapilavatthu to the Himavā on one side and to the sea on the other (MA.i.298, 449). In this wood was taught the Mahāsamaya Sutta (for details see the Mahāsamaya and Madhupiṇḍika Suttas)

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