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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

The name given in the Pali chronicles to the city of Pagan in Burma (Ramanna) (Bode: op. cit., 14). During the time of Parakkamabahu I. of Ceylon, the King of Arimaddana quarrelled with him, ill treated his envoys, and seized by force a princess sent from Ceylon to Kamboja. Parakkama sent a punitive expedition under the Damiladhikari Adicca, who reduced the country to subjection (Cv.lxxvi.10-75).

Later Vijayabahu II. of Ceylon entered into friendly negotiations with the ruler of Arimaddana, and wrote him a letter in the Magadha language composed by himself. As a result, a friendly treaty was made between them which also resulted in closer contact between the monks of the two countries (Cv.lxxx.6-8).

According to some authorities, quoted by Minayeff (Recherches sur Bouddhisme, p.70), the city was full of learned women. The Gandhavamsa (p.67) mentions a list of twenty three teachers who wrote their works in Arimaddana. From this context it appears that Arimaddana was known also as Pukkama (Pukkamasankhate Arimaddananagare). This is supported by evidence from elsewhere (Forchhammer: Jardine Prize Essay, pp.29, 32. Ind. Ant.1893, p.17). It was a minister in Arimaddana who wrote the Nyasappadipatika (Svd.v.1240). Arimaddana was also the city of birth of the Thera Chapata (Svd.v.1247).

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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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Ends with: Parimaddana.

Full-text: Pukkama, Suttaniddesa.

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