| YouTube Channel

श्रावस्ती (zrAvastI)

 
Apte 1890
English
श्रावस्ती N. of a town in northern Kośala where Lava is said to have reigned
(it is called शरावती in R. 15. 97). It is identified with Sahet Mahet north of Ayodhyā. It was also called धर्मपत्तन or धर्मपुरी.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
श्रावस्ती (ई),
f.
N.
 of a city situated north of the Ganges and founded by king Śrāvasta (it was the ancient capital of Kosala and said to have been the place where the wealthy merchant Anātha-piṇḍika built the Buddha a residence in the Jeta-vana monastery which became his favourite retreat during the rainy seasons: other authorities derive the name from a Ṛṣi called Sāvattha, who is said to have resided there
it has been identified by General Cunningham with a place now called Sāhet-Māhet, about 58 miles north of Ayodhyā in Oudh),
MBh.
Hariv.
Buddh.
 (cf.
MWB.
 48
407
&c.
 )
Apte Hindi
Hindi
श्रावस्ती
स्त्री*
 - -
गंगा नदी के उत्तर में राजा श्रावस्त द्वारा स्थापित एक नगर
श्रावस्ती
स्त्री*
 - -
"उतरी कोशल में स्थित एक नगर का नाम जहाँ, कहतें हैं कि लव राज्य किया करता था(रघु०१५/९७ में इसी को ‘शरावती’ का नाम दिया है)।अयोध्या के उतर में वर्तमान साहेत माहेत से इसकी एकरुपता मानी जाती है।यह नगर धर्मपतन या धर्मपुरी भी कहलाता था।"
Mahabharata
English
Śrāvastī, a city. § 475 (Dhundhumārop.): III, 202, 13518 (founded by Śrāvastaka).
Burnouf
French
श्रावस्ती श्रावस्ती
f.
 np. de la capitale du Kośala au
temps du Buddha.