Pāli Dictionary

nigrodhārāma

nigrodhastemārāmasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • ニグローダ園（カピラヴァットゥ近郊の榕樹園、仏陀ゆかりの地）

  • 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.

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Nigrodhārāma
Place

  • サキヤ族のニグローダが僧団に寄進したカピラヴァットゥ近郊の園で、仏陀が初めての帰郷の際に滞在し、親族を得心させるため双神変を示した。

  • 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

  • 仏陀が後に、劫の間住み続けるよう頼む機会をアーナンダに与えたことを想起した、しかしアーナンダがその機会を逃したというラージャガハの園。

  • 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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