Pāli Dictionary

kajaṅgalā

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Part of speech

noun · feminine


general

  • 町の名前(中国の東の国境にある)

  • 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

  • 仏教の中国(マッジマ・デーサ)の東の境界を示す町で、繁栄した場所と描写され、後世の伝承ではナーガセーナ長老の生誕地とされる。

  • 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.

Kajaṅgalā
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  • カジャンガラの比丘尼で、村人たちが仏陀の与えた簡潔な教えを詳しく説明するよう頼んだとき、見事に説き明かしたため、それを聞いた仏陀から大いに称賛された。

  • 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.

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