Pāli Dictionary

mahāvana

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • 大林；古印度著名森林名，特指毗舍离城外设有重阁讲堂的森林，亦指迦毗罗卫及优楼频螺迦毗附近的同名森林。

  • 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；广阔的森林；大片林地。

  • great forest; large forest; a vast woodland.

  • Thig 14.1

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

Encyclopedia

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Mahāvana
Place

  • 毗舍离附近的一片林苑，一部分是天然林、一部分是人工栽种，据说一直延伸到雪山。

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

Mahāvana2
Place

  • 迦毗罗卫附近的一片原始森林，据说一侧延伸到雪山、另一侧直达大海，佛陀曾在此讲说《大会经》。

  • 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

  • 优楼频螺劫波郊外的一片森林，佛陀用餐后曾在此午休，阿难也曾在此带塔富娑去见佛陀。

  • 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

  • 尼连禅河畔的一片森林。

  • A forest on the banks of the Nerañjarā river.

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