Pāli Dictionary

gaggarā1

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • name of a lotus pond near Campā where the Buddha often taught

  • DN 34

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā campāyaṃ viharati gaggarāya pokkharaṇiyā tīre mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi.

gaggarā2

Part of speech

noun · feminine

cosmology

  • name of a type of lightning/thunder-flash

gaggara

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • bellows; a smith’s bellows

Encyclopedia

Gaggarā
Person

  • The queen for whom the lotus pond Gaggarāpokkharaṇī was created, and after whom the Gaggarā Sutta, recording Vaṅgīsa’s praise of the Buddha there, is named.

AN 7.52AN 10.81AN 10.94

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