Pāli Dictionary

Mahāpapāta

Place

A mountain in the Himalayas where every Pacceka Buddha goes to die, casting the bones of his predecessor into the precipice before sitting on a designated seat to pass away himself.

A mountain in the Himavā where all Pacceka Buddhas die.

When the time comes for a Pacceka Buddha to die, he goes there, throws into the precipice below the bones of the Pacceka Buddha who died last, and then sits down on the special seat to die himself. SNA.i.129.

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