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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

Seen by Moggallana as he came from Gijjhakuta to Rajagaha in the company of Lakkhana. He revealed the petas story in the presence of the Buddha. In the long past men had erected a bower of leaves and grass on the banks of the river near Benares for a Pacceka Buddha. Here residents from the city would visit him morning and evening with offerings. On the way they had to pass a field, which in their many journeying they trampled and damaged. The farmer tried in vain to prevent them. One day, in exasperation, when the Pacceka Buddha was away, the farmer burnt his bower, destroying everything in it. When he confessed his guilt the followers of the Pacceka Buddha beat him to death. He suffered in Avici till the earth was elevated one league, and was thereafter born a peta, twenty five leagues in length, his body enveloped in flames. DhA.ii.64 ff.; see also S.ii.254.

context information

Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ahipeta refers to: a Peta in form of a snake DhA.II, 63.

Note: ahipeta is a Pali compound consisting of the words ahi and peta.

context information

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ahi, Peta.

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