Pāli Dictionary

mahāgovinda

mahāprefixgovindastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • epithet of Jotipāla; name of the legendary minister-architect Mahāgovinda in the Mahāgovinda Sutta

  • DN 19

    atha kho bho mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo tassa satt'āhassa accayena kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbaji

Encyclopedia

Mahāgovinda
Person

  • A primeval king who reigned in Rājagaha alongside Mandhātu; a figure of the same title, Mahāgovinda-paṇḍita, is also said to have planned and built the city of Rājagaha.

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