Veḷukaṇṭa
PlaceAlso known as Veḷukaṇḍa
アヴァンティの都市で、ナンダ・クマープッタの生誕地であり、大目連と舎利弗がかつてナンダマーターにもてなされた場所である。城壁の周りに植えられた密生する竹にちなんで名付けられたという。
v.l. Veḷukaṇḍa.– A city in Avanti, birthplace of Nanda Kumāputta (ThagA.i.100).
Mahā-Moggallāna and Sāriputta visited the place in the course of a journey in Dakkhiṇāgiri and were entertained by Nandamātā (A.iv.62 f). See Veḷukaṇḍakī.
Buddhaghosa says (AA.ii.717; SNA.i.370) that the city was so called because bamboos were thickly planted for protection round the walls and fortifications.
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