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，給孤獨長者初見佛陀之處

  • 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

  • 王舍城附近的一片樹林，內有一處令人生畏的墳場，給孤獨長者曾在此初遇佛陀，優波先那後來也在此被蛇咬身亡。

  • 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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