Pāli Dictionary

rājāyatana

rājaprefixāyatanastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • the charoli/chironji nut tree (Buchanania cochinchinensis)

doctrine

  • the specific rājāyatana tree at Uruvelā where the Buddha received the first offering from Tapussa and Bhallika

Encyclopedia

Rājāyatana
Person

  • The tree beneath which the Buddha, in the eighth week after his enlightenment, received an offering of rice cakes and honey from the merchants Tapassu and Bhallika, on whose site a stupa was later built.

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