Pāli Dictionary

isipatana

isistempatanastem

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • Isipatana, the Deer Park near Bārāṇasī (present-day Sarnath), site of the Buddha’s first sermon

  • SN 12.67

    ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ca sāriputto āyasmā ca mahākoṭṭhiko bārāṇasiyaṃ viharanti isipatane migadāye.

  • SN 22.59

    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā bārāṇasiyaṃ viharati isipatane migadāye. tatra kho bhagavā pañcavaggiye bhikkhū āmantesi

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Isipatana
Person

  • An open space near Bārāṇasī containing the Deer Park where the Buddha, after his Enlightenment, delivered his first discourse to the five ascetics and later spent his first rains retreat.

MN 26MN 141SN 12.67SN 22.59SN 22.90SN 22.122SN 44.3SN 44.4SN 44.5SN 44.6SN 56.11AN 3.15AN 3.128
Isipatana2
Place

  • A monastery built by King Parakkamabāhu I in the Rājavesibhujaṅga suburb of Pulatthipura.

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