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Veḷukaṇṭa
Place阿槃提的一座城市,难陀鸠摩子的出生地,大目犍连与舍利弗曾在此受楠陀摩多供养,据说因城墙四周密植竹林而得名。
A city in Avanti, birthplace of Nanda Kumāputta, where Mahā-Moggallāna and Sāriputta were once hosted by Nandamātā, said to take its name from the thick bamboo planted around its fortifications.
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