Pāli Dictionary

sunāparanta

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Sunāparanta; name of a country, native land of Puṇṇa

  • SN 35.88

    iminā tvaṃ, puṇṇa, mayā saṃkhittena ovādena ovadito katamasmiṃ janapade viharissasī'ti? atthi, bhante, sunāparanto nāma janapado, tatth'āhaṃ viharissāmī'ti.

Encyclopedia

Sunāparanta
Place

  • A country containing the port of Suppāraka, birthplace of the elder Puṇṇa, who returned there after ordination to convert its people and later hosted a visit from the Buddha and five hundred Arahants.

SN 35.88

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