Pāli Dictionary

sāketa

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • サーケータ、コーサラ国の町、旧首都

  • Sāketa, name of a town in Kosala, the old capital of Kosala

  • SN 2.18

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sākete viharati añjanavane migadāye.

  • MN 24

    seyyathā'pi, āvuso, rañño pasenadissa kosalassa sāvatthiyaṃ paṭivasantassa sākete kiñci'd'eva accāyikaṃ karaṇīyaṃ uppajjeyya. tassa antarā ca sāvatthiṃ antarā ca sāketaṃ satta rathavinītāni upaṭṭhapeyyuṃ.

Encyclopedia

Sāketa
Place

  • コーサラの町で、仏陀の時代にはインドの六大都市の一つとされた。伝統によればヴィサーカーの父ダナンジャヤがパセーナディの招きによって建てたとされる。

  • A town in Kosala regarded in the Buddha’s time as one of India’s six great cities, traditionally said to have been founded by Dhanañjaya, father of Visākhā, at Pasenadi’s invitation.

DN 16MN 24SN 44.1AN 4.24AN 9.37Thig 6.4SN 48.43

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