84000 Glossary of Terms

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གཉེན་ལྡན། | Glossary of Terms

  • གཉེན་ལྡན།

  • gnyen ldan
  • bandhumatī
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  • Bandhumatī
  • གཉེན་ལྡན།
  • gnyen ldan
  • bandhumatī
Definition in this text:

(1) A city. (2) A river.

  • Bandhumatī
  • གཉེན་ལྡན།
  • gnyen ldan
  • bandhumatī
Definition in this text:

A city of the (past) ninety-first eon and the birthplace of Buddha Vipaśyin. In The Hundred Deeds, two women offered Vipaśyin food there and made prayers, resulting in their rebirths as Buddha Śākyamuni’s mother Mahā­māyā and his aunt Māyā.