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Medāḷupa

Place

Also known as Medataḷūmpa

近 Nagaraka 的一處釋迦村落,波斯匿王聞佛陀在此駐錫而前來拜謁,此乃他最後一次面見佛陀,Dhammacetiya Sutta 即於此因緣而說。

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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