Pāli Dictionary

sumāgadhā

suprefixmagadharootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

cosmology

  • 善摩揭陀池，王舍城附近一处莲花池之名（亦为一条河流之名）

  • Sumāgadhā, name of a lotus pond near Rājagaha (also the name of a river)

  • DN 25

    addasā kho nigrodho paribbājako bhagavantaṃ sumāgadhāya tīre moranivāpe abbhokāse caṅkamantaṃ.

Encyclopedia

Sumāgadhā
Place

  • 王舍城附近一处莲花池，佛陀曾在此讲述一名男子目睹阿修罗军败逃诸天、遁入莲茎的故事，随后不久即在附近宣说 Udumbarika Sutta。

  • A lotus pond near Rājagaha where the Buddha, shortly before teaching the Udumbarika Sutta, told of a man who saw an Asura army fleeing the devas through a lotus stalk.

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