Pāli Dictionary

nigrodhārāma

nigrodhastemārāmasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • Nigrodhārāma, a banyan-tree park near Kapilavatthu associated with the Buddha and the founding of the bhikkhunī order

  • SN 55.21

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ nigrodh'ārāme.

  • MN 18

    atha kho bhagavā sāy'anhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yena nigrodh'ārāmo ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi.

Encyclopedia

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Nigrodhārāma
Place

  • A grove near Kapilavatthu given to the Order by the Sakyan Nigrodha, where the Buddha stayed on his first visit home and performed the Twin Miracle to convince his kinsmen.

SN 55.21SN 55.22AN 8.25
Nigrodhārāma2
Place

  • A grove in Rājagaha where the Buddha later recalled having given Ānanda the chance to ask him to live for a full aeon, an opportunity Ānanda let pass.

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