CetiyaCetiCetīCedi

One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 probably identical with Cedi of the older documents. The people of Ceti settled near…

1. a place or object of veneration, a sanctuary or shrine (near a village), perhaps a sacred tree and mound.
2. a place or object of veneration connected with a Buddha; a funeral monument or thūpa (co …

…the open space round a Cetiya Mil.366 Vism.144, Vism.188, Vism.392; DN-a.i.191, DN-a.i.197; Vv-a.254.

• -vandanā…

Aggāḷave CetiyeAggālavacetiya

The chief shrine at Āḷavī, originally a pagan place of worship, but later converted into a Buddhist vihāra….

A shrine at Pāvā at which sacrifices were offered to Ajakalāpaka. Ud.4

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…village in the Cetiya country near Bhaddavatikā. When the Buddha was on tour near there he was repeatedly warned by the cowherds not…

Bahuputta CetiyaBahuputtacetiyaBahuputtakacetiyaBahuputtaBahuputtaka

A shrine in the neighbourhood of Vesāli, to the north of that city. DN.iii.9…

…town is probably identical with Bhaddavatī, and was in the Cetiya Country. Vin.iv.108

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…last journey, in the Ānanda cetiya, and where he preached a sermon on the four “Great References”. DN.ii.124f. AN.ii.167ff.

From Bhoga he…

…stayed at the Supatiṭṭha cetiya in Latthivanuyyāna, whither Bimbisāra, accompanied by twelve nahutas of householders, went to pay to him his…

…there to the Pāsāṇaka cetiya, passing through Setavyā, Kapilavatthu, Kusinārā, Pāvā, Bhoganagara and Vesāli. When they arrived before…

Cāpāla CetiyaCāpālacetiya

A shrine near Vesāli. Here the Buddha, three months before his parinibbāna, definitely decided to accede to the…

GotamakacetiyaGotamaka Cetiya

A shrine near and to the south of Vesāli. DN.iii.9 It was considered one of the beautiful spots of that town…

…SN.348–352

In the Dhammacetiya Sutta, MN.ii.123f. Pasenadi tells the Buddha how impressed he is by the reverence Isidatta and Purāṇa show…

…AN.iii.167 and the Cāpāla-cetiya.SN.v.258 AN.iv.308f. It was from the Cāpāla-cetiya, during one of these walks that he gazed for the last…

…In it was the Supatiṭṭha cetiya, where the Buddha stayed during his first visit to Rājagaha from Gayāsīsa, after the Enlightenment. There…

…them at the Sārandada cetiya. DN.ii.73f.

The young men among the Licchavis were evidently fond of archery, for mention is made AN.iii.76…

…Māgadha, Vajji, Mallā, Cetiya, Vaṃsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Macchā, Sūrasena, Assaka, Avantī, Gandhāra and Kamboja. The first fourteen are…

…body at the Makuṭabandhana cetiya, and then collected the relics, which they deposited in their Mote Hall, surrounding them with a lattice work of…

…heard that the Buddha was there and visited him. On this occasion was preached the Dhammacetiya Sutta. This was the last time that Pasenadi saw the…

…as recorded in the Dhammacetiya Sutta. MN.ii.118

The Buddha evidently once stayed in Nagaraka, for in the Cūḷa-Suññatā Sutta, Ānanda is…

…they lived in Aggālava cetiya, SN.i.185 where Kappa died. When Vaṅgīsa questioned the Buddha as to the destiny of Kappa, the Buddha’s…

…was situated the Bahuputta cetiya. SN.ii.220

According to the Kevaṭṭa Sutta, DN.i.211 in the Buddha’s time Nāḷandā was already an…

…SN.v.349ff. In the Dhammacetiya Sutta. MN.ii.123 Pasenadi speaks of the great loyalty of these two men towards the Buddha. After discussing the…

…park in the Cetiya kingdom. AN.iv.228f. The Buddha visited it during his tours, and once, while staying there with Meghiya, the…

A shrine near Rājagaha, where the disciples of Bāvarī met and questioned the Buddha. Snp.1013

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…stayed at the Ajakapālaka cetiya in Pāvā.

After the Buddha’s death, the Mallas of Pāvā claimed a share in his relics. Doṇa satisfied…

…Maddakucchi, Supatiṭṭhacetiya, Pāsānakacetiya, Sappasoṇḍikapabbhāra and the pond Sumāgadhā.

The city gates were closed every…

Suppatiṭṭha CetiyaSupatiṭṭhacetiya

A shrine near the Latthivanuyyāna in Rājagaha. Vin.i.35

near the Latthivanuyyāna3shrine

A shrine at Vesāli. DN.ii.75 DN.ii.102 Ud.vi.1

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Udena Cetiya Udenacetiya

A shrine of pre-Buddhistic worship, to the east of Vesāli.

It is mentioned with other shrines at Vesāli—Gotamaka,…

…by himself in the Sārandada Cetiya.

The Buddha travelled several times through the Vajjian country, the usual route being through Kosala, Malla,…

…taught them at Sārandada cetiya, they would prosper rather than decline.

In the Gopaka Moggallāna Sutta, MN.iii.8ff. Vassakāra is…

…of Vesāli: of the Udena cetiya, the Gotamaka cetiya, the Sattambaka cetiya, the Bahuputta cetiya, and the Sārandada cetiya. Other monasteries…

ĀnandacetiyaĀnande Cetiye

A shrine in Bhoganagara dedicated to a yakkha called Ānanda. There the Buddha stayed during his last sojourn, and…

tree that is an object of veneration, a sacred tree.

veneration of dhamma.

a shrine in a park; a park

heap, made of bricks Ja.vi.204 (city-avayata-piṭṭhikā). See also cetiya.

From ci, cināti, to heap up

…Mil.19 (+ samacārin)

• -cetiya a memorial in honour of the Dh. MN.ii.124
• -chanda virtuous desire (opp….

…a dagoba Snp-a.194.

• -cetiya a shrine over a relic Dhp-a.iii.29;
• -nānatta diversity of specific…

…tiles used for covering a cetiya or tope Dhp-a.iii.29, Dhp-a.iii.61; Vv-a.157.

BSk. iṣṭakā, e.g. Divy.221; from the Idg. root **idh →…

…tiles used for covering a cetiya or tope Dhp-a.iii.29, Dhp-a.iii.61; Vv-a.157.

BSk. iṣṭakā, e.g. Divy.221; from the Idg. root **idh →…

inhabited country, the country (opp. town or market-place), the continent politically: a province, district, county DN.i.136 (opp nigama); DN.ii.349; AN.i.160, AN.i.178; Snp.422, Snp.683, Snp.995, Sn …

…anointed Mhvs.34, Mhvs.42 (cetiyaṃ ˚āpetvāna).

lip, cp. repa stain, lepa ointment, stain; Gr. λίπος grease, fat, λιπαρός fat,…

…servant Ja.iv.35.

• -cetiya “step-shrine,” a holy footprint, a miraculous footprint left on the ground by a holy man…

…at Vism.43.

• -cetiya a tree, shrine etc., used by the Buddha, consequently sacred Kp-a.222.; *…

to establish, set up, fix, put into, instal DN.i.206; SN.i.90; Ja.i.152; Ja.i.168, Ja.i.349 (sotāpatti-phale) Pv-a.22 (id.), Pv-a.38 (id.), Pv-a.50 (saraṇesu ca sīlesu ca), Pv-a.223 (id.), Pv-a. …

…(gandhaā applied to a cetiya); Ja.iii.23, Ja.iii.160 (lohita˚); Vv.33#18 (gandha˚ṃ adāsiṃ Kassapassa thūpasmiṃ); Mhvs.32, Mhvs.4…

…simile), Vb-a.292 sq. (for Cetiya-worship)
■ adj. -puppha in ghana thick with flowers DN-a.i.87
■ Cp. pokkharatā.

*…

…to use or enjoyment, with ref. to relics of personal use Ja.iv.228 (one of the 3 cetiyas, viz. sarīrika, pāribhogika, uddesika); Mil.341…

…viya pāsāṇaṃ.“

• -cetiya a stone Caitya Dhp-a.iii.253.
• -tala a natural plateau Ja.i.207. *…

…Pv.i.5#12; Dpvs.vii.12 (cetiya˚); Snp-a.350; Pv-a.8; Sdhp.213, Sdhp.230, Sdhp.542, Sdhp.551.

• -āraha worthy of veneration, deserving…

…are sīmantarika-rukkha, cetiya˚, niyyāsa˚ phala˚, vagguli˚, susira˚, vihāra-majjhe ṭhita˚, or a tree standing right on the border, a…

…Dhs-a 35 Vb-a.433 (˚cetiya)

• -iddhi royal power Pv-a.279.
• -isi a royal seer, a king who gives up his throne & becomes an ascetic…

…Dhs-a 35 Vb-a.433 (˚cetiya)

• -iddhi royal power Pv-a.279.
• -isi a royal seer, a king who gives up his throne & becomes an ascetic…

…58

• -cetiya containing a Cetiya Mhvs.33, Mhvs.10.
• -ja born at the same time Vv.81#15. *…

…body, bodily MN.i.10; AN.i.168 sq.; AN.ii.153; (nt.) bodily relics Mil.341 ˚ṃ cetiyaṃ one of the 3 kinds: paribhogika, s., uddesika…

…Dhp.192; Vv.47#11 Vv.82#7 (= cetiya Vv-a.321); Dhp-a.iii.5, Dhp-a.iii.9; Dhs-a.41 (pāpassa). -siluccaya a mountain…

…(q.v.). 2. memorial Ja.iv.228 (cetiya).

fr. uddesa

…14 mahā˚, cetiyangaṇa˚, bodhiyangaṇa˚, pānīyamāḷa˚ uposathāgāra˚, āgantuka˚, gamika˚).

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female yakkha, a vampire. Their character is usually fierce & full of spite & vengeance, addicted to man- & beast-murder (cp. yakkha 2). They are very much like Petīs in habits. With their names cp. …