སྨན་གྱི་ནགས། | Glossary of Terms

སྨན་གྱི་ནགས།

sman gyi nags

bhesakalāvana

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Bhesakalā grove

The Benefits of the Five Precepts

Bhesakalā grove

སྨན་གྱི་ནགས།

sman gyi nags

bhesakalāvana AO

Pali:

bhesakaḷāvana

Definition in this text:

A deer park in the city of Suṃsumāragiri, the capital of the tribal oligarchy of the Bhaggas (Skt. Bhargas). The Tibetan translators interpreted this name as a compound where bhesakalā was rendered as sman (“medicine”) and vana as nags (“forest”). On the meaning of the Pali name, see UT22084-034-025-85 in the translation.

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