Pāli Dictionary

uruvelā

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Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • 优楼频螺；摩揭陀国的一处地方（近菩提伽耶），佛陀曾在此苦行并证悟

  • Uruvelā, a locality in Magadha (near Bodh Gayā) where the Buddha practised austerities and attained awakening

  • MN 36

    so kho ahaṃ, aggivessana, kiṃkusalagavesī anuttaraṃ santivarapadaṃ pariyesamāno magadhesu anupubbena cārikaṃ caramāno yena uruvelā senānigamo tadavasariṃ.

  • MN 26

    atha khv'āhaṃ, bhikkhave, uruvelāyaṃ yath'ābhirantaṃ viharitvā yena bārāṇasī tena cārikaṃ pakkamiṃ.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Uruvelā
Place

  • 位于尼连禅河（Nerañjarā）岸边、靠近菩提伽耶菩提树的一处地方，菩萨在成道前曾于此苦行六年。

  • A locality on the banks of the Nerañjarā near the Bodhi tree at Buddhagayā, where the Bodhisatta practiced six years of austerity before his Enlightenment.

Uruvelā2
Place

  • 斯里兰卡的一处城镇兼港口，据说由国王 Vijaya 的一位大臣所建，位于 Anurādhapura 以西的一条河流入海口附近。

  • A township and port in Sri Lanka, said to have been founded by a minister of King Vijaya, located near the mouth of a river west of Anurādhapura.

MN 26SN 6.1SN 6.2Ud 1.1Ud 1.2Ud 1.3Ud 3.10
Uruvelā3
Place

  • 斯里兰卡的一处村落，王后 Sugalā 曾携带圣钵与佛牙舍利逃难至此。

  • A village in Sri Lanka to which Queen Sugalā fled while carrying the sacred alms bowl and Tooth Relic.

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