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sāvatthī

fem nom sg of sāvatthī (noun); fem nom pl of sāvatthī (noun); fem acc pl of sāvatthī (noun); fem voc sg of sāvatthī (noun); …

  1. name of a city; capital of Kosala

Etymology. √su > sāv + a + ttha + *ī; from √su 'flow'; Sanskrit śrāvastī [sru]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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