Pāli Dictionary

pāṭaliputta

pāṭalīstemputtasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • Pāṭaliputta, capital city of Magadha (modern Patna)

  • DN 16

    pāṭaliputtassa kho, ānanda, tayo antarāyā bhavissanti, aggito vā udakato vā mithubhedā vā'ti.

  • MN 52

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ānando vesāliyaṃ viharati beluvagāmake. tena kho pana samayena dasamo gahapati aṭṭhakanāgaro pāṭaliputtaṃ anuppatto hoti kenaci'd'eva karaṇīyena.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

pātalipiutta
  1. pāta

    a fall; a falling down

  2. lipi

    writing; script; a letter (written character)

  3. utta

    said; spoken; uttered (= vutta)

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Pāṭaliputta
Place

  • The capital of Magadha near modern Patna, prophesied by the Buddha to become great while still the small village of Pāṭaligāma, and which reached its greatest glory under Asoka.

DN 16MN 52AN 11.17
Pāṭaliputta2
Person

  • A man from Pāṭaliputta who fell in love with a woman in Suvaṇṇabhūmi, died and was reborn as a vimāna peta on an island, then stranded her ship there to live with her before returning home with her.

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