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Ketumatī
Place波罗奈城未来的名称,届时将成为转轮王僧佉的都城,统领八万四千座城镇,也是弥勒佛的出生地。
The future name of Bārāṇasī, destined to be the capital of the Cakkavatti Saṅkha at the head of eighty-four thousand towns and the birthplace of Metteyya Buddha.
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Place喜马拉雅山区的一条河流,维山达罗携妻儿前往那利迦途中,曾在此沐浴、饮水、用餐。
A river in the Himalayan region where Vessantara, with his wife and children, bathed, drank, and took a meal on his way to Nālika.
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Place天神摩诃斯那(那先的前生)的宫殿。
The palace of the deva Mahāsena, a previous birth of Nāgasena.
Ketumatī4
Place缅甸东吁城的巴利名称,曾是一位拥有著名大象的国王的都城;佛教由一位来自斯里兰卡的僧人在此建立,此城后来也成为诸多知名僧人的驻锡之地。
The Pāḷi name for the Burmese city of Taungu, once the capital of a king who possessed a famous elephant, and where Buddhism was established by a monk from Sri Lanka and which later became home to renowned monks.
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