Pāli Dictionary

rammaka1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ram1delight; please

general

  • Rammaka, a brahmin near Sāvatthī in whose hermitage the Buddha preached the Ariyapariyesanasutta

  • MN 26

    tena h'āyasmanto yena rammakassa brāhmaṇassa assamo ten'upasaṅkamatha, app'eva nāma labheyyātha bhagavato sammukhā dhammiṃ kathaṃ savanāyā'ti.

rammaka2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • name of a month (= Citta/Chaitra, roughly mid-March to mid-April)

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Rammaka
Person

  • A brahmin whose hermitage near the Pubbakoṭṭhaka in Sāvatthi was a favourite resort of monks, and where the Buddha taught a discourse on the noble search.

MN 26
Rammaka2
Place

  • A city where, sixty thousand world-cycles ago, Mahā-Kassapa reigned as King Ubbiddha.

Rammaka3
Other

  • A cross-reference to Ramma (4).

Ramma4
Othermatched via “Rammaka”

  • An ancient name for Bārāṇasī used at the time recounted in the Yuvañjaya Jātaka.

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