Pāli Dictionary

kusāvatī

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kusastemvantsuffixīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • クサーヴァティー（マハースダッサナ王の王都）

  • Kusāvatī, the royal capital city of King Mahāsudassana

  • SN 22.96

    bhūtapubb'āhaṃ, bhikkhu, rājā ahosiṃ khattiyo muddh'āvasitto. tassa mayhaṃ, bhikkhu, rañño sato khattiyassa muddh'āvasittassa caturāsītinagarasahassāni ahesuṃ kusāvatī rājadhānippamukhāni.

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Compound structure

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kusavatī
  1. kusa

    クサ草（吉祥草）、香りのよい聖なる草で、儀式や衣・敷物の材料として用いられる

  2. vatīvati

    垣根；囲い

Encyclopedia

Kusāvātī
Place

  • マッラ国の都市で、後にKusinārāとして知られたが、遠い過去にはMahā-Sudassana王の広大で繁栄した王都であった。

  • A city in the Mallā kingdom, later known as Kusinārā, that in the distant past was the vast and prosperous royal capital of King Mahā-Sudassana.

DN 16

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