Pāli Dictionary

jantugāma

jantuprefixgāmaroot

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Jantugāma, name of a village near Cālikā, on the river Kimikālā; the site of Meghiya’s alms-round while attending the Buddha

  • AN 9.3

    ekam'antaṃ ṭhito kho āyasmā meghiyo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca, icchām'ahaṃ, bhante, jantugāmaṃ piṇḍāya pavisitun'ti. yassa dāni tvaṃ, meghiya, kālaṃ maññasī'ti.

Encyclopedia

Jantugāma
Place

  • A village near Cālikā, close to the Kimikālā river, where the monk Meghiya once went for alms while attending the Buddha.

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