Pāli Dictionary

kajaṅgalā

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Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • 一座城鎮名（位於中國東部邊境）

  • 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

Kajaṅgala
Place

  • 標誌佛教「中國」東部邊界的一座城鎮，據載繁榮富庶，後世傳說也是那先長老的出生地。

  • 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
Personapproximate

  • 住在迦闍伽羅的一位比丘尼，村民請她詳解佛陀簡短開示的深意，她講解得當，事後傳到佛陀耳中大受讚譽。

  • 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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