Pāli Dictionary

sattamba

sattaprefixambaroot

Part of speech

noun · neuter

cosmology

  • サッタンバ、ヴェーサーリー西方の祠の名。仏陀がそこに滞在した。文字通りには「七つのマンゴー」

  • 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

  • ヴェーサーリー西方の祠。バーラーナシー王キキの七人の王女たちが、かつてそこで精神的境地を競い合ったことから名付けられたと言われる。もとは神格に捧げられていたが、ブッダのヴェーサーリー訪問後、彼の居所となった。

  • 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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