Arunavati, Arunavatī: 2 definitions
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Arunavati means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Arunavati - The city and the country of King Arunava, and the birthplace of Sikhi Buddha (Bu.xxi.15). It was from there that Sikhi and Abhibhu went to the Brahma world to preach to Brahma and his attendants (S.i.155f). At that time Salalapupphiya Thera was a confectioner in Arunavati (Ap.i.218). See also Arunapura.
2. Arunavati - A vihara in the village of Itthakavati in Magadha. Sariputta once lived there (PvA.67).
Arunavati Sutta - Records the incident of the visit of Abhibhu to the Brahma world (S.i.154f., etc.; see Abhibhu 1). Abhibhu chose as his theme action and energy, and the verses he uttered on that occasion, beginning Arabhatha, nikkhamatha, yunjatha buddhasasane are often quoted.
Buddhaghosa says (SA.i.172-3) that Abhibhu chose this theme out of all the doctrines to be found in the Tipitaka because he knew that the subject would commend itself to all his hearers, human and non human.
Milakkhatissa Thera of Ceylon, hearing a novice in Pacinapabbata recite the Arunavati Sutta, listened to the stanzas, and feeling that they had been preached to encourage zealous monks like himself, he exerted himself and became an anagami. Soon afterwards he became an arahant (AA.i.21-2).
3) See also Arunavati Sutta
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAruṇavati (अरुणवति).—some kind of perfume: Gaṇḍavyūha 153.15 (prose) °vati-gandharāja-.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Arunavati Paritta, Arunavati Sutta.
Ends with: Carunavati, Charunavati, Karunavati, Varunavati.
Full-text: Arunavati Paritta, Arunapura, Salapupphiya, Vannakaraka, Jetthamula, Shikhi, Uppaladayika Theri, Abhibhu, Milakkha Tissa, Tapassu, Bhallika.
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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Buddha Chronicle 20: Sikhī Buddhavaṃsa < [Chapter 9 - The chronicle of twenty-four Buddhas]
Biography (1): Tapussa and Bhallika < [Chapter 45a - The Life Stories of Male Lay Disciples]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 60 - The Story of a Certain Person < [Chapter 5 - Bāla Vagga (Fools)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Twelve-membered speech of the Buddha: Final comments < [Part 2 - Hearing the twelve-membered speech of the Buddha]