Medāḷupa
PlaceAlso known as Medataḷūmpa
Ein Sakyan-Dorf nahe Nagaraka, wo König Pasenadi, als er hörte, der Buddha sei anwesend, ihm einen Besuch abstattete, der sich als sein letzter erweisen sollte — der Anlass für die 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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