84000 Glossary of Terms

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གྲོང་ཁྱེར་ཆེན་པོ་དྲུག | Glossary of Terms

  • གྲོང་ཁྱེར་ཆེན་པོ་དྲུག

  • grong khyer chen po drug
  • ṣaṇmahānagara
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  • six great cities
  • གྲོང་ཁྱེར་ཆེན་པོ་དྲུག
  • grong khyer chen po drug
  • ṣaṇmahānagara
Definition in this text:

The six great cities of the Middle Country are frequently mentioned in Buddhist literature. The Mahā­parinirvāṇa­sūtra lists them as Śrāvastī, Sāketa, Campā, Vārāṇasī, Vaiśālī, and Rājagṛha.