Pāli Dictionary

nerañjarā

Part of speech

noun · feminine


general

  • 尼連禪河;佛陀在優樓頻螺(菩提伽耶)附近成道處的河流

  • the Nerañjarā, a river near Uruvelā (Bodh Gaya) where the Buddha attained awakening

  • Thag 5.6

    atthāya vata me buddho, nadiṃ nerañjaraṃ agā, yass'āhaṃ dhammaṃ sutvāna, micchādiṭṭhiṃ vivajjayiṃ.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

  • 優樓頻螺(Uruvelā)附近的一條河流,佛陀成道後曾駐留於此河畔,魔王在此誘惑他,梵天在此勸請他說法,善生女(Sujātā)也曾在此供養他乳粥。

  • The river at Uruvelā on whose banks the Buddha stayed after his enlightenment, where Māra tempted him, Brahmā persuaded him to teach the Dhamma, and Sujātā had earlier offered him his milk-rice meal.

SN 6.1SN 6.2Snp 3.2Ud 1.1Ud 1.2Ud 1.3Ud 2.1Ud 3.10
  • 從富納婆達那(Puṇṇavaḍḍhana)水庫向北分出的一條水渠。

  • An irrigation channel that branched northward from the Puṇṇavaḍḍhana reservoir.

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