Pāli Dictionary

mekhalā

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • 腰帶；女子所繫的環帶

  • a girdle; a woman’s waist-belt

  • Ja 531

    taṃ nūna soṇiṃ puthulaṃ sukoṭṭitaṃ, nisevitaṃ kañcanamekhalāhi, chinnaṃ vane khattiyehī avatthaṃ, siṅgālasaṅghā parikaḍḍhissanti.

  • 提手；繫帶（如水桶等器物的）

  • a handle; a strap (e.g. of a bucket or vessel)

Encyclopedia

Mekhala
Placeapproximate

  • 蘇摩那佛的出生地及其首次說法之處，滿伽羅佛亦在此度化上首弟子，離婆多佛曾在此為百億會眾說法，優伽多王后來也在此為蘇毗多佛建寺。

  • The birthplace of Sumana Buddha and site of his first discourse, also where Maṅgala Buddha converted his chief disciples, Revata Buddha once taught a vast assembly, and King Uggata later built a monastery for Sobhita Buddha.

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