Pāli Dictionary

kosambī

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • 憍賞彌；（古印度跋蹉國（Vatsa）的首都）。

  • Kosambī; name of a town, the capital city of the Vatsas.

  • SN 22.89

    ekaṃ samayaṃ sambahulā therā bhikkhū kosambiyaṃ viharanti ghosit'ārāme. tena kho pana samayena āyasmā khemako badarik'ārāme viharati ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷhagilāno.

  • MN 48

    tena kho pana samayena kosambiyaṃ bhikkhū bhaṇḍanajātā kalahajātā vivād'āpannā aññam'aññaṃ mukhasattīhi vitudantā viharanti.

Encyclopedia

Kosambī
Place

  • Vatsa（跋蹉）國的首都，佛陀在世時先後由 Parantapa 王及其子優填王統治，是連接拘薩羅、摩揭陀與南方、西方貿易路線上的重要樞紐。

  • The capital of the Vatsa kingdom, ruled in the Buddha’s time by King Parantapa and then his son Udena, and an important trading hub on the route linking Kosala and Magadha with the south and west.

DN 16SN 22.81SN 22.89SN 35.127SN 35.234SN 51.15SN 56.31SN 48.53AN 3.72AN 4.159AN 4.170AN 5.159AN 9.37Ud 4.5Ud 7.10

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