Nadika

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Nadika (नादिक) is the name of an ancient village located in Vaishali which was visited by Buddha in his last journey from Pataliputra to Vaishali. It was inhabited by Vrishni clan people during Buddha' times.

Variants

• Nadika (नादिक) (AS, p.492)
• Nādikā (नादिका)

Jat clans

• Nadi

Mention by Panini

V. S. Agrawala writes that Panini mentions ganas headed by Nada (Naḍa) (IV.2.91) and Nadī (IV.2.97).

History

Nādikā (नादिका) is the name of an ancient village as mentioned in the Cūḷagosiṅgasutta (Gośṛṅgasūtra) in Majjhima, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36.—Accordingly, “being in Nādikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, the Buddha paid a visit to three of his disciples, Anuruddha, Nandiya and Kimbila, who were meditating in the Gosiṅgālavama. He congratulated these three monks for living together on the best of terms like a mixture of milk and water, looking after one another fondly”.

नादिक

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ...नादिक (AS, p.492) बौद्ध धर्म के ग्रंथ 'महापरिनिब्बान सुत्त' (अध्याय,2) के अनुसार वैशाली (बिहार) के एक भाग अथवा उपनगर का नाम था। इस नगर में वृष्णि वंशीय क्षत्रियों का निवास स्थान था। 'बुद्धचरित' 22, 13 में उल्लेख है कि अंतिम बार पाटलिपुत्र से लौटते समय वैशाली के मार्ग पर जाते हुए महात्मा बुद्ध इस स्थान पर ठहरे थे। उस समय वहाँ अनेक लोगों की मृत्यु हुई थी। बुद्ध ने इन मृत लोगों के जन्म कर्म के विषय में अनेक बातें अपने शिष्यों को बताई थीं।

Nadik in Iran

Nadik (Persian: نديك‎, also Romanized as Nadīk; also known as Nadbak) is a village in Madvarat Rural District, in the Central District of Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman Province, Iran.