Pāli Dictionary
mahāvana
Part of speech
noun · neuter
general
大林(まはりん);古代インドの著名な森林の名称。特にヴェーサーリー城外の重閣講堂がある森林、およびカピラヴァットゥやウルヴェーラカッパ付近の同名の森林を指す。
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
大森林;広大な森;大きな林。
great forest; large forest; a vast woodland.
Thig 14.1
vāḷamigasaṅghasevitaṃ, kuñjaramattakareṇuloḷitaṃ, asahāyikā gantum'icchasi, rahitaṃ bhiṃsanakaṃ mahāvanaṃ.
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Mahāvana
Placeヴェーサーリー近郊の森で、一部は天然、一部は人工的に植えられたもので、ヒマラヤまで延びていたと伝えられる
A forest near Vesālī, partly natural and partly artificially planted, said to have extended all the way to the Himalayas.
Mahāvana2
Placeカピラヴァットゥ近郊の原始林で、一方は都の端からヒマラヤまで、他方は海まで延びていたとされ、ブッダが『大会経』を説いた場所
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ウルヴェーラカッパ郊外の森で、ブッダが食後の正午に休んだ場所であり、アーナンダがかつてタパッスをブッダに会わせるため連れて来た場所
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ネーランジャラー河畔の森
A forest on the banks of the Nerañjarā river.
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