Pāli Dictionary

nagaraka

nagarastemkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • a small town; a minor city

  • MN 89

    atha kho rājā pasenadi kosalo bhadraṃ yānaṃ abhiruhitvā bhadrehi bhadrehi yānehi nagarakamhā niyyāsi mahaccā rāj'ānubhāvena. yena ārāmo tena pāyāsi.

Encyclopedia

Nagaraka
Place

  • A Sakyan township near Medaḷumpa where King Pasenadi paid his last visit to the Buddha, and where the Buddha himself once stayed and spoke of dwelling largely with voidness.

MN 121

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