Padmashanda

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Padmashanda (पद्मषंड) refers to a forest grove mentioned in the Buddhacharita (3.63-65). It was located near Kapilavastu, Nepal.

Variants

• Padmashanda Vana /Padmashandavana (पद्मषंडवन) (AS, p.525)
• Padmashanda (पद्मषंड)
• Padmaṣaṇḍa

History

Buddhacaritra 3.63-65: “Though the king’s son spoke to him thus, he not merely did not turn back but in accordance with the king’s command went on to the Padmaṣaṇḍa grove, which had been provided with special attractions. There the prince saw that lovely grove like the grove of Nandana, with young trees in full bloom, with intoxicated koils flitting joyously about, and with pavilions and tanks beautiful with, lotuses. Then the king’s son was carried off by force to that [Padmaṣaṇḍa] grove, crowded with troops of beautiful women, and was afraid of obstacles to the religious life like some anchorite novice conveyed by force to the palace of the monarch of Alakā, filled with glorious Apsarases.”

पद्मषंडवन

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ...पद्मषंडवन (AS, p.525): बुद्धचरित 3,63,64 में वर्णित विहारोद्यान जहां सिद्धार्थ को उसका सारथी राजकुमार के मनोविनोदार्थ ले गया था--'विशेष युक्तंतु नरेंद्र शासनात्सपद्मषंडं वनमेव निर्ययौ. तत: शिवं कुसमितबालपादपं, परिभ्रमत् प्रमुदितमत्तकोकिलम्, विमानवत्सकमलचारु दीर्घिकं ददर्श तद्वनमिव नंदनंवनम्'. इस उद्यान में कुसुमित बालपादप, प्रमुमुदित कोकिलाएं तथा कमलों से भरी पूरी झील शोभायमान थी. यह उद्यान कपिलवस्तु के निकट ही स्थित था.