Nandanavana untranslated

Nandanavana 01. The chief of the parks in Tāvatiṁsa, where the inhabitants of Tāvatiṁsa, headed by Indra, go for their amusement. (mentioned e.g., Dhp­a.ii.266; AN.iii.40; Ja.vi.240; Vv-a.7, 34, 61, etc.; Pv-a.173, 176, 177, etc.; Mvu.i.32, etc.). Cakkavatti kings are born in Tāvatiṁsa after death and spend their time in Nandanavana (SN.v.342). It is said (e.g., Ja.i.49) that there is a Nandanavana in each Deva world. The Devas go there just before their death and disappear in the midst of their revels. Thus, the Bodhisatta went to Nandanavana in the Tusita world before his “descent” into Mahā Māyā’s womb (Ja.i.50; see also Ja.vi.144). In Nandanavana is a lake called Nandana (Ja.ii.189) and evidently also a palace called Ekapuṇḍarīkavimāna (Mhv­ṭ.568). Nandanavana was so-called because it awoke delight in the hearts of all who visited it (Ja.v.158). Sometimes ascetics, like Nārada (ibid.392), possessed of great iddhi-power, would spend their siesta in the shadow of the grove.

Nandanavana 02. A park in Anurādhapura between the Mahā Meghavana and the southern wall of the city. Mahinda preached there, to the assembled populace, the Bālapaṇḍitasutta, the day after his arrival in Anurādhapura. Later, on successive days, he preached the Asīvisūpamasutta, the Anamataggasaṁyutta, the Khajjanīyasutta, the Gomayapiṇḍīsutta and the Dhammacakkappavattanasutta. On the occasions of the preaching of these various Suttas, thousands of people attained to various fruits of the Path, and, because the park was the first centre from which Mahinda radiated a knowledge of the Buddha’s teaching’ it came to be called the Jotivana, by which name it was known later. Mhv.xv.1, 4, 176, 178, 186, 195, 197, 199, 202; Dpv.xiii.11, 12, 14, 15; xiv.12, 17, 44, 48; Vin-a.i.80-82.

Nandanavana 03. A private park in Pulatthipura, laid out by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxiii.97; lxxix.2.