Medāḷupa
PlaceAlso known as Medataḷūmpa
Un village Sakya près de Nagaraka où le roi Pasenadi, apprenant la présence du Bouddha, lui rendit ce qui allait s’avérer être sa dernière visite — l’occasion du Dhammacetiya Sutta.
v.l. Medataḷūmpa.– A Sakyan village three leagues from Nagaraka (M.ii.119). Pasenadi when staying there with Dīgha-Kārāyana, heard that the Buddha was there and visited him. On this occasion was taught the Dhammacetiya Sutta (q.v.) This was the last time that Pasenadi saw the Buddha.
The Dhammapada Commentary, however, in its record (DhA.i.356) of the king’s visit, calls the place Ulumpa. On the other hand, the Majjhimanikāya Commentary (MA.ii.753) confirms the reading Medāḷupa, and says that it was so called because fat coloured (medavaṇṇa) stones were visible there on the surface of the earth (medavaṇṇā pāsāṇā kirettha ussannā ahesuṃ, tasmā medāḷupanti saṅkhaṃ gataṃ).
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