Pāli Dictionary

avanti

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • Avanti, eines der vier großen Königreiche zur Zeit des Buddha im Westen Indiens

  • Avanti, one of the four great kingdoms (and sixteen Mahājanapadas) of the Buddha’s time, in western India

  • SN 41.3

    avantiyā kho, gahapati, āgacchāmī'ti. atthi, bhante, avantiyā isidatto nāma kulaputto amhākaṃ adiṭṭhasahāyo pabbajito? diṭṭho so āyasmatā'ti?

  • die Hauptstadt des Landes Avanti (andernorts Ujjenī genannt)

  • the capital city of the Avanti country (elsewhere given as Ujjenī or Māhissatī)

avantī

approximate

avantistemīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • die Bewohner von Avanti; die Avantiner (Einwohner des Landes Avanti)

  • the people of Avanti; the Avantins (inhabitants of the country of Avanti)

  • SN 22.3

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā mahākaccāno avantīsu viharati kuraraghare papāte pabbate. atha kho hāliddikāni gahapati yen'āyasmā mahākaccāno ten'upasaṅkami

  • DN 19

    dantapuraṃ kāliṅgānaṃ, assakānañ'ca potanaṃ, mahesayaṃ avantīnaṃ, sovīrānañ'ca rorukaṃ.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Avanti
Person

  • Eines der vier großen Königreiche zur Zeit des Buddha, regiert vom jähzornigen König Pajjota, dessen Plan zur Eroberung des benachbarten Kosambī einem Heiratsbündnis wich, als seine Tochter Vāsuladattā König Udena heiratete.

  • One of the four great monarchies of the Buddha’s time, ruled by the fierce-tempered King Pajjota, whose plan to conquer neighbouring Kosambī gave way to a marriage alliance when his daughter Vāsuladattā wed King Udena.

SN 22.3SN 41.3AN 3.70Ud 5.6
Avanti2
Person

  • Ein König von Ujjenī in vergangener Zeit, in dessen Herrschaft der Bodhisatta als Citta in einem Kastenlosen-Dorf geboren wurde, wie im Citta-Sambhūta-Jātaka erzählt wird.

  • A king of Ujjenī in a past age during whose reign the Bodhisatta was born as Citta in an outcaste village, as related in the Citta-Sambhūta Jātaka.

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