Pāli Dictionary

kajaṅgalā

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • name of a town (on the eastern frontier of the Middle Country)

  • MN 152

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kajaṅgalāyaṃ viharati suveḷuvane. atha kho uttaro māṇavo pārāsiviy'antevāsī yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi.

  • Ja 375

    sunhāto suvilitto'si, annapānena tappito, kaṇṭhe ca te veḷuriyo, agamā nu kajaṅgalaṃ.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Kajaṅgalā
Person

  • A nun of Kajaṅgala who, when villagers asked her to elaborate on a brief teaching the Buddha had given, expounded it so well that the Buddha, on hearing of it, praised her highly.

Kajaṅgala
Placeapproximate

  • A township marking the eastern boundary of the Buddhist Middle Country, described as a prosperous place and, in later tradition, the birthplace of the elder Nāgasena.

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