Pāli Dictionary

magadha

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 摩揭陀國（古印度國名，約當今比哈爾邦一帶）

  • Magadha, a country in ancient India, corresponding to modern Bihar

  • AN 4.183

    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. atha kho vassakāro brāhmaṇo magadhamah'āmatto yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi.

māgadha

approximate

magadhastemasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • 摩揭陀國的；屬於摩揭陀的

  • of Magadha; belonging to Magadha

  • DN 2

    atha kho bhagavā acirapakkantassa rañño māgadhassa ajātasattussa vedehiputtassa bhikkhū āmantesi

  • 吟遊詩人；讚美者；香商

  • a bard; a panegyrist; a perfume merchant

magadhā

approximate

magadhastemāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 摩揭陀國之民；摩揭陀人

  • the people of Magadha; the Magadhans

  • AN 7.61

    tena kho pana samayena āyasmā mahāmoggallāno magadhesu kallavāḷaputtagāme pacalāyamāno nisinno hoti

  • Snp 1.4

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā magadhesu viharati dakkhiṇāgirismiṃ ekanāḷāyaṃ brāhmaṇagāme.

Encyclopedia

Magadha
Person

  • 佛陀時代四大王國之一，先後由頻婆娑羅王與阿闍世王以王舍城為都統治，後遷都華氏城，直至阿育王時代一直是印度政治重心所在。

  • One of the four chief kingdoms of the Buddha’s time, ruled from Rājagaha by Bimbisāra and then Ajātasattu before the capital moved to Pāṭaliputta, and later the seat of political power in India down to the reign of Asoka.

DN 16MN 14MN 26MN 108MN 140SN 47.13AN 3.70AN 4.35AN 4.183AN 5.114AN 7.61AN 10.65AN 10.66Snp 1.4Snp 3.1Iti 24Thig 5.9

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