Pāli Dictionary

vepulla

vipulastemyasuffix

Part of speech

noun

Root

pul8increase

Synonyms

vipula, vepullatta

general

  • full development; abundance; expansion

cosmology

  • Vepulla; name of a mountain near Rājagaha

  • MN 116

    passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, etaṃ vepullaṃ pabbatan'ti? evaṃ, bhante.

  • Iti 24

    ekapuggalassa, bhikkhave, kappaṃ sandhāvato saṃsarato siyā evaṃ mahā aṭṭhikaṅkalo aṭṭhipuñjo aṭṭhirāsi yath'āyaṃ vepullo pabbato, sace saṃhārako assa, sambhatañ'ca na vinasseyyā'ti. etam'atthaṃ bhagavā avoca.

Encyclopedia

Vepulla
Person

  • The highest of the five mountains encircling Rājagaha, renamed across successive Buddha-eras and once home to the yakkha Kumbhīra and his followers.

DN 20MN 116Iti 24SN 15.20

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