Pāli Dictionary

sattamba

sattaprefixambaroot

Part of speech

noun · neuter

cosmology

  • Sattamba, nom d’un sanctuaire à l’ouest de Vesālī où résida le Bouddha; littéralement “sept mangues”

  • 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

  • Un sanctuaire à l’ouest de Vesāli, dont le nom viendrait de sept princesses, filles du roi Kiki de Bārāṇasī, qui y rivalisèrent jadis pour l’accomplissement spirituel ; d’abord dédié à une divinité, il devint la résidence du Bouddha après sa visite à Vesāli.

  • 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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