Kuru

Proper name・拘樓國

Proper name

  • canonical 出現於本經(MN10)。 mn10:1.2
  • commentarial kuru Kuru A country, one of the sixteen Great Nations. DN.ii.200 AN.i.213 During the Buddha’s time the chieftain of Kuru was called Koravya, and his discussion with the Elder Raṭṭhapāla, who was himself the scion of a noble family of the Kurus, is recounted in the Raṭṭhapāla Sutta. MN.ii.65ff. Koravya had a park called Migacīra. Discourses to the Kurus include the Mahānidāna Sutta, the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta, the Māgaṇḍiya Sutta, the Anañjasappāya Sutta, the Sammosa Sutta and the Ariyavasā Sutta. All these were preached at Kammāssadhamma, which is described as a nigama of the Kurūs, where the Buddha resided from time to time. Another town of the Kurūs, which we find mentioned, is Thullakoṭṭh DPPN 引用:DN.ii.200、AN.i.213、MN.ii.65ff.、MN.ii.54(PTS 標注)

來源:Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names(DPPN,公共領域)(公共領域)

Grammar

Gloss
name of a country
Morphology
名詞·陽性·處格·複數、名詞·陽性·與格·複數

Inflected forms

kurūsu・kurūnaṁ

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