Pāli Dictionary

mahāvana

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • 大林；古印度著名森林名，特指毗舍離城外設有重閣講堂的森林，亦指迦毗羅衛及優樓頻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；廣闊的森林；大片林地。

  • great forest; large forest; a vast woodland.

  • Thig 14.1

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

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Mahāvana
Place

  • 毗舍離附近的一片林苑，一部分是天然林、一部分是人工栽種，據說一直延伸到雪山。

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

Mahāvana2
Place

  • 迦毗羅衛附近的一片原始森林，據說一側延伸到雪山、另一側直達大海，佛陀曾在此講說《大會經》。

  • 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

  • 優樓頻螺劫波郊外的一片森林，佛陀用餐後曾在此午休，阿難也曾在此帶塔富娑去見佛陀。

  • 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

  • 尼連禪河畔的一片森林。

  • A forest on the banks of the Nerañjarā river.

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