Pāli Dictionary

verañjā

Part of speech

noun · feminine


general

  • 町の名前(『律蔵・経分別』冒頭の舞台)

  • name of a town (setting of the opening of the Vinaya Suttavibhaṅga)

verañja

approximate

verañjāstemasuffix

Part of speech

adjective


general

  • ヴェランジャーの、ヴェランジャー出身の;ヴェランジャーの住民(同地に住んだバラモンの通称としても使用)

  • of/from Verañjā; an inhabitant of Verañjā (also used as a personal epithet, e.g. of a brahmin dwelling there)

Encyclopedia

  • バラモンのヴェランジャに招かれ、彼が仏陀の教えを詳しく質問したのち改宗する前に、仏陀がかつて雨安居を過ごした町。

  • A town where the Buddha once spent a rainy-season retreat at the invitation of the brahmin Verañja, who questioned him closely on his teachings before converting.

MN 42

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