Pāli Dictionary
vajjī
general
跋耆國；古印度十六大國之一，由離車（Licchavī）等部落組成的共和國聯盟。
Vajjī; an ancient republic and one of the sixteen great countries (Mahājanapadas) in India, comprising a confederacy of clans such as the Licchavīs.
跋耆人；跋耆國的居民或族人（常特指離車族人）。
a Vajjian; a person or citizen of the Vajjī country, often specifically referring to the Licchavī people.
（作形容詞）屬於跋耆國的；跋耆的。
(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古印度十六大國之一的國家兼部落聯盟，其中最強大的成員離車（Licchavī）與該聯盟本身的名稱常被交替使用，幾乎不加區分。
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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