Pāli Dictionary

vipula

viprefixpulrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

pul8increase

Synonyms

mahanta, uḷāra, vepulla, mahā, oḷāra, bhūri

general

  • vast; extensive; expansive; large; abundant

  • Dhp 27

    mā pamādam'anuyuñjetha, mā kāmaratisanthavaṃ, appamatto hi jhāyanto, pappoti vipulaṃ sukhaṃ.

  • MN 7

    iti uddham'adho tiriyaṃ sabbadhi sabb'attatāya sabbāvantaṃ lokaṃ mettāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyāpajjena pharitvā viharati.

cosmology

  • (as noun) Vipula; name of a mountain (one of the five peaks near Rājagaha)

  • SN 2.30

    vipulo rājagahīyānaṃ, giriseṭṭho pavuccati, seto himavataṃ seṭṭho, ādicco aghagāminaṃ.

  • Thig 16.1

    sara catur'odadhī, upanīte assuthaññarudhiramhi, sara ekakappam'aṭṭhīnaṃ, sañcayaṃ vipulena samaṃ.

Encyclopedia

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  • 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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