Pāli Dictionary

pāvā

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • Pāvā, a city of the Malla clan (near Kusinārā); the Buddha ate his last meal there, hosted by Cunda the smith

  • MN 104

    tena kho pana samayena nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto pāvāyaṃ adhunākālaṅ'kato hoti.

pavāti

approximate

paprefixvāroottisuffix

via inflected form pava · 3rd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

vā1to blow

general

  • (of a smell or fragrance) diffuses, exudes, gives off, blows forth

  • Thig 14.1

    madhurañ'ca pavanti sabbaso, kusumarajena samuṭṭhitā dumā, paṭhamavasanto sukho utu, ehi ramāma supupphite vane.

Encyclopedia

Pāvā
Place

  • A city of the Mallas which the Buddha visited on his final journey, staying in Cunda’s mango grove and eating there the meal that preceded his death.

DN 16SN 15.13AN 10.176Ud 1.7

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