Pāli Dictionary

avanti

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • 阿盘提国（佛陀时代印度西部四大王国之一，十六大国之一）

  • 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?

  • 阿盘提国的都城（一说即优禅尼城）

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

avantī

approximate

avantistemīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 阿槃提国人；阿槃提族（阿槃提国的居民）

  • 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

  • 佛陀时代四大君主国之一，由性情暴烈的 Pajjota 王统治，他原欲吞并邻国 Kosambī，后来其女 Vāsuladattā 嫁给优填王，两国转而修好。

  • 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

  • 古代 Ujjenī 的一位国王，在其治世中菩萨转生为贱民村中的 Citta，此事记载于 Citta-Sambhūta 本生故事中。

  • 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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