Sappinī
PlaceAlso known as Sappinīkā
A river flowing through Rājagaha, on whose bank stood the wanderers’ park frequented by famous wanderers in the Buddha’s time, lying between Andhakavinda and Rājagaha and identified with the modern Pañcāna River.
A river that flowed through Rājagaha.
On its bank was a Paribbājakārāma where famous wanderers lived in the Buddha’s time (A.i.185; ii.29, 176; S.i.153).
The river lay between Andhakavinda and Rājagaha, and probably rose in Gijjhakūṭa (see Vin. Texts i.254, n.2).
It is identified with the Pañcāna River. Law, E.G.I., p.38.
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