Pāli Dictionary

nigrodhārāma

nigrodhastemārāmasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • 尼拘律园（迦毘罗卫城附近的榕树园，佛陀曾驻锡于此，比丘尼僧团缘起之地）

  • 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

  • 迦毗罗卫城附近的一座园林，由释迦族人 Nigrodha 捐予僧团，佛陀首次返乡时曾驻锡于此，并在此显现双神变以折服族人。

  • 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

  • 王舍城的一座园林，佛陀后来提及曾在此给阿难请他住世一劫的机会，阿难当时未能把握。

  • 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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