Pāli Dictionary

gandhāra1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 犍陀罗（十六大国之一，即今甘达哈一带）

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

gandhāra2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • 犍陀罗（一位辟支佛的名字）

  • 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

  • 音阶七音中的第三音

  • third of the seven primary musical notes

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Gandhāra
Person

  • 一位辟支佛，仅见于一份姓名列表，别无更多记载。

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

MN 116
Gandhāra2
Other

  • 佛陀时代西北方的十六大国之一，都城为呾叉始罗，其王 Pukkusāti 因频毗娑罗王遣使告知佛、法、僧出世之讯而出家为僧。

  • 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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