Pāli Dictionary

sāketa

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 娑雞多，拘薩羅國的一座城市，拘薩羅的舊都

  • 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

  • 拘薩羅境內的一座城鎮，佛陀時代被視為印度六大都城之一，傳說由毗舍佉之父 Dhanañjaya 應波斯匿王之邀所建。

  • 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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