Pāli Dictionary

mahāvana

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • Mahāvana; the Great Forest; name of famous forests in ancient India, notably the one near Vesālī housing the Kūṭāgārasālā, and others near Kapilavatthu and Uruvelakappa.

  • AN 8.53

    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā vesāliyaṃ viharati mahāvane kūṭ'āgārasālāyaṃ

  • SN 1.37

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ mahāvane mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeh'eva arahantehi

  • great forest; large forest; a vast woodland.

  • Thig 14.1

    vāḷamigasaṅghasevitaṃ, kuñjaramattakareṇuloḷitaṃ, asahāyikā gantum'icchasi, rahitaṃ bhiṃsanakaṃ mahāvanaṃ.

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Mahāvana
Place

  • A forest near Vesālī, partly natural and partly artificially planted, said to have extended all the way to the Himalayas.

Mahāvana2
Place

  • The primeval forest near Kapilavatthu, said to stretch from the edge of the city to the Himalayas on one side and to the sea on the other, where the Buddha taught the Mahāsamaya Sutta.

Mahāvana3
Place

  • A forest on the outskirts of Uruvelakappa where the Buddha rested at midday after his meal, and where Ānanda once brought Tapassu to meet him.

Mahāvana4
Place

  • A forest on the banks of the Nerañjarā river.

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