Pāli Dictionary

avanti

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • 阿盤提國（佛陀時代印度西部四大王國之一，十六大國之一）

  • 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?

  • 阿盤提國的都城（一說即優禪尼城）

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

avantī

approximate

avantistemīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 阿槃提國人；阿槃提族（阿槃提國的居民）

  • 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

  • 佛陀時代四大君主國之一，由性情暴烈的 Pajjota 王統治，他原欲吞併鄰國 Kosambī，後來其女 Vāsuladattā 嫁給優填王，兩國轉而修好。

  • 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 的一位國王，在其治世中菩薩轉生為賤民村中的 Citta，此事記載於 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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