Pāli Dictionary
vajjī
general
ヴァッジ国（跋耆国）；古代インドの十六大国の一つで、リッチャヴィ族などの部族連合による共和国。
Vajjī; an ancient republic and one of the sixteen great countries (Mahājanapadas) in India, comprising a confederacy of clans such as the Licchavīs.
ヴァッジ人（跋耆人）；ヴァッジ国の住民または族人（多くはリッチャヴィ族を指す）。
a Vajjian; a person or citizen of the Vajjī country, often specifically referring to the Licchavī people.
（形容詞として）ヴァッジ国の；ヴァッジ人の。
(as adjective) belonging to Vajjī; Vajjian.
MN 31
ekam'antaṃ ṭhito kho dīgho parajano yakkho bhagavantaṃ etadavoca, lābhā vata, bhante, vajjīnaṃ, suladdhalābhā vajjipajāya, yattha tathāgato viharati arahaṃ sammāsambuddho, ime ca tayo kulaputtā
SN 35.87
atthi, bhante, pubbavijjanaṃ nāma vajjigāmo. tatth'āyasmato channassa mittakulāni suhajjakulāni upavajjakulānī'ti.
Encyclopedia
Vajjī
Place古代インドの国であり氏族連合であり、十六大国の一つ。最も有力な氏族 Licchavī はこの連合体そのものと密接に同一視され、両方の名がしばしば互換的に用いられた。
A country and confederacy of clans in ancient India, one of the sixteen great states, whose most powerful member clan, the Licchavī, came to be so closely identified with it that the two names were often used interchangeably.
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