Pāli Dictionary

sītavana

sītaprefixvanastem

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • 尸陀林（西多婆那林）；王舍城附近的寒林，给孤独长者初见佛陀之处

  • Sītavana, a cool grove near Rājagaha (site of a cemetery, where Anāthapiṇḍika first met the Buddha)

  • AN 6.55

    tena kho pana samayena āyasmā soṇo rājagahe viharati sītavanasmiṃ. atha kho āyasmato soṇassa rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi

Encyclopedia

Sītavana
Place

  • 王舍城附近的一片树林，内有一处令人生畏的坟场，给孤独长者曾在此初遇佛陀，优波先那后来也在此被蛇咬身亡。

  • A grove near Rājagaha, containing a fearsome cemetery, where Anāthapiṇḍika first met the Buddha and where Upasena later died of snakebite.

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