Pāli Dictionary

videha

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 毗提訶，古印度北方一國及其人民（首都彌薩羅，即今日彌提拉/提爾胡特地區）

  • Videha, an ancient country and people of northern India (capital Mithilā; modern Mithila/Tirhut)

videhā

approximate

videhastemāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 毗提訶人；韋提希國人

  • the Videhans; people of Videha

  • DN 19

    mithilā ca videhānaṃ, campā aṅgesu māpitā, bārāṇasī ca kāsīnaṃ, ete govindamāpitā'ti.

  • MN 91

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā videhesu cārikaṃ carati mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Videha
Person

  • Padumuttara 佛時代的一位富商，是大迦葉的前生，其妻即為今生的 Bhaddā-Kāpilānī。

  • A millionaire in the time of Padumuttara Buddha, a previous birth of Mahā-Kassapa, whose wife in that life became Bhaddā-Kāpilānī in the present age.

DN 2DN 16SN 3.14
Videha2
Place

  • 佛陀時代跋耆聯邦兩大主要邦國之一，首都為 Mithilā。

  • A country forming one of the two principal states of the Vajjī confederacy in the Buddha’s time, with Mithilā as its capital.

Videha3
Other

  • 見 Vedeha 條。

  • See Vedeha.

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