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Medāḷupa

Place

Also known as Medataḷūmpa

나가라카 근처의 사캬 마을로, 파세나디 왕이 부처님이 계신다는 말을 듣고 방문한 것이 마지막 알현이 된 곳이며, 담마체티야 경을 설한 계기가 된 곳이다.

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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