Pāli Dictionary

devadaha

devastemdahastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Devadaha, a township of the Sākiyans (also the title of SN 35.134 Devadahasutta)

  • MN 101

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sakkesu viharati devadahaṃ nāma sakyānaṃ nigamo.

  • SN 35.145

    devadaho khaṇo rūpā, dve natumhākam'eva ca, hetunā'pi tayo vuttā, duve ajjhattabāhirā'ti.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Devadaha
Place

  • A township of the Sākyā where the Buddha stayed and taught during his travels, traditionally regarded as the birthplace of Mahāmāyā and Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, and near which lay the Lumbinī grove where the Buddha himself was born.

MN 101SN 22.2
Devadaha2
Person

  • A Sakyan chief known as Devadaha-Sakka, father of Añjana and Kaccānā, and thus grandfather, through his daughter Añjana, of both Mahāmāyā and Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī.

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