gully, a gorge; a ravine; an inlet

gully, a gorge; a ravine; an inlet

…AN.i.243 = AN.ii.240; Pv-a.29.

Sk. kandara

sinew, tendon Vin.i.91, Vin.i.322 (in cpd. kaṇḍara-cchinna one whose tendons (of the feet) have been cut); Kv.23, Kv.31; Vism.253, Vism.254 (where Kp-a.49 reads miñja).

…of formal acts of the Saṅgha.

The Soṇadaṇḍa, the Dasuttara, the Kandaraka and the Kāraṇḍava Suttas were preached…

GomatakakandarāGomatakandarāGomatakaṇḍarā

A grotto some distance from Veḷuvana in Rājagaha. Monks coming to Rājagaha from afar were provided with lodging there, and Dabba Mallaputta was put in charge …

GundāvanaKundāvanaGuṇḍāvanaKuṇḍāvana

A forest in Madhurā. Mahā Kaccāna stayed there and was visited by Avantiputta, king of Madhurā, to whom he preached the Madhurā Sutta, MN.ii.83f. and by the bra …

…Buddha and sat down, while Kandaraka, after his salutation, remained standing. Surveying the assembly of monks gathered round the Buddha and…

KandarāyanaKundarāyana

A brahmin. He visited Mahā Kaccāna at the Gundavana near Madhurā and accused him of not paying due respect to elderly brahmins, but when Mahā Kaccāna preached to him he express …

A grotto, probably near Rājagaha. On one occasion Sāriputta, having recently shaved his head, was seated there wrapt in samādhi, and a yakkha, passing overhead with his friend to an assembly of *yak …

MadhurāMathurā

The capital of Surasena, situated on the Yamunā. Its king, soon after the death of Bimbisāra, was Avantiputta, MN.ii.83 who, judging by his name, was probably related to the royal fami …

MahākaccāyanaKaccāyanaMahākaccānaKaccāna

One of the most eminent disciples of the Buddha, considered chief among expounders in full of the brief saying of the Buddha. AN.i.23 Several suttas illustrat …

…at Gaggarāpokkharanī where Kandaraka was also present, and his conversation on that occasion is recorded in the Kandaraka Sutta. When Pessa had…

…his allegiance to Kandaramasaka, who died, as the Buddha had prophesied, fallen from grace and fame. The next teacher to win the…

A grove near lake Tapodā. In the grove was a monastery where the Buddha seems to have stayed on several occasions. It is said DN.ii.116 that on one such occasion the Buddha gave Ānanda the chance of a …

A cave outside Rājagaha where lodgings were provided for visiting monks. Vin.ii.76 Vin.iii.159

outside Rājagaha3monastery

whose tendons have been cut.

…almost equivalent to kandara, a grotto or cave Vin.ii.146; DN.i.71; MN.i.269, MN.i.274, MN.i.346, MN.i.440 = AN.ii.210 = Pp.59 (as giriṃ…

…place, a cave, cavern (cp kandara & see giriguhā); fig. the heart (in ˚āsaya) According to Bdhgh. (on Vin.i.58, see Vin. Texts i.174 “a…

…to bite, scratch; cp. Sk. kandara, Gr. κναδάλλω to bite, κνώδων, κνώδαλον, etc., Sk kaṇḍu m. &…

…Snp-a.33. -kandara a m. cave SN.ii.32 SN.v.396, SN.v.457 sq.; AN.v.114 sq.; -kūṭa m….

…Snp-a.500); combined with kandara at Mil.36, Mil.296 Mil.411; Pv-a.29. 2. a board, plank Ja.ii.10 Ja.ii.91 (˚sakaṭa Ja.ii.112; Ja.iii.181;…

…as arañña, r-m. pabbata, kandara, etc
■ DN-a.i.209 specifies as “yaṃ kiñci sanda-cchāyaṃ vivittaṃ rukkha-mūlaṃ”); AN.ii.38…

the tree Diospyros embryopteris DN.i.178 (variant reading tiṇḍ˚); Ja.v.99; tiṇḍukāni food in a hermitage Ja.iv.434; Ja.vi.532
■ tindukakandarā Npl. the T. cave Vin.ii.76
■ See also timbaru & tim …

…= udakaṃ, tena dāritan: kandaran ti is a false etymology; DN-a.i.209.

• -aṇṇava water-flood MN.i.134. *…