Mrigadava
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Mrigadava (मृगदाव) is the name of a place at Varanasi and is the deer park where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma.
Variants
- Mrigadava मृगदाव = Sarnath सारनाथ (AS, p.755)
- Migadaya (मिगदाय) = Mrigadava मृगदाव (दे. सारनाथ) (p.744)
- Mṛgadāva (मृगदाव)
History
Mṛgadāva (मृगदाव) or “deer park” is the name of a place at Vārānasī where the vihāra named Ṛṣipatana was located, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter V. Note: Ṛṣipatana or Ṛṣivadana, on the outskirts of Benares where the Deer Park (Mṛgadāva or Mṛgadāya) is located. It is there that all the Buddhas must give their first sermon and the Buddha preached the Dharmacakrapravartanasūtra to the five monks; it is one of the four great pilgrimage places, determined by the Buddha.[1][2]
मृगदाव = सारनाथ
मृगदाव = सारनाथ (AS, p.755): 'शक्ति एवं गौरव से सुशोभित तथा सूर्य के समान तेज से ही कांतिवान मुनि बुद्ध मृगदाव में आए जहां कोकिलों की ध्वनि से निनादित तरुवरों के बीच महर्षिगणों के आश्रम थे'-- बुद्धचरित (देखे सारनाथ).[3]
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References
- ↑ Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra
- ↑ https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/mrigadava
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.755