Pāli Dictionary

sattamba

sattaprefixambaroot

Part of speech

noun · neuter

cosmology

  • Sattamba, Name eines Schreins westlich von Vesālī, wo der Buddha weilte; wörtlich ‚sieben Mangos‘

  • Sattamba, name of a shrine west of Vesāli where the Buddha resided; also ‘seven mangoes’ by literal derivation

  • DN 16

    tatiyam'pi kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ āmantesi, ramaṇīyā, ānanda, vesālī, ramaṇīyaṃ udenaṃ cetiyaṃ, ramaṇīyaṃ gotamakaṃ cetiyaṃ, ramaṇīyaṃ satt'ambaṃ cetiyaṃ, ramaṇīyaṃ bahuputtaṃ cetiyaṃ, ramaṇīyaṃ sāran'dadaṃ cetiyaṃ, ramaṇīyaṃ cāpālaṃ cetiyaṃ.

Encyclopedia

Sattamba
Person

  • Ein Schrein westlich von Vesāli, der seinen Namen angeblich sieben Prinzessinnen verdankt, Töchtern König Kikis von Bārāṇasī, die dort einst um spirituelle Errungenschaft wetteiferten; ursprünglich einer Gottheit geweiht, wurde er nach dem Besuch des Buddha in Vesāli zu seiner Residenz.

  • A shrine west of Vesāli, said to derive its name from seven princesses, daughters of King Kiki of Bārāṇasī, who once contended there for spiritual attainment; originally dedicated to a deity, it became a residence for the Buddha after his visit to Vesāli.

DN 16

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