Pāli Dictionary

gandhāra1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Gandhāra, name of one of the sixteen great countries; modern Kandahar region

gandhāra2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • Gandhāra, name of a privately awakened Buddha (paccekabuddha)

  • MN 116

    ariṭṭho upariṭṭho tagarasikhī yasassī, sudassano piyadassī ca susambuddho, gandhāro piṇḍolo upāsabho ca, nīto tatho sutavā bhāvit'atto.

gandhāra3

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • third of the seven primary musical notes

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Gandhāra
Person

  • A Pacceka Buddha mentioned only in a list of names, with no further details recorded.

MN 116
Gandhāra2
Other

  • One of the sixteen great nations of the Buddha’s era in the northwest, with its capital at Takkasilā, whose king Pukkusāti became a monk after Bimbisāra sent him news of the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Saṅgha.

AN 3.70

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