Vaishali (English spelling)

Japanese: バイシャーリー(英語表記)Vaiśālī
Vaishali (English spelling)
One of the six great cities of ancient India, it was the capital of the Licchavi people in central India. In Pali it is called Vesāli, and in Chinese translations of Buddhist scriptures it is written as Bisyaris. Its ruins are currently identified with the village of Basarh, about 30 km north of Patna across the Ganges River. During the time of the Buddha (5th to 4th centuries BC), it was a republic. It eventually came under the control of the Magadha Kingdom and flourished as a commercial city until the Gupta Dynasty. The Buddha visited this place in his later years and spent his final abode in the nearby bamboo forest village.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
古代インドの六大都市の一つで,中部インドのリッチャビ族の都。パーリ語ではベーサーリーVesālīと呼ばれ,漢訳仏典には毘舎離(びしやり)と記される。現在その遺址はガンガー(ガンジス)川を隔てたパトナーの北方約30kmのバサールBasarh村に比定されている。釈迦在世当時(前5~前4世紀)には共和政をしいていた。やがてマガダ国の支配下に属し,グプタ朝に至るまで商業都市として栄えた。釈迦は晩年にもこの地を訪れ,近くの竹林村で最後の安居(あんご)を過ごしている。

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