Bhutapala, Bhūtapāla, Bhuta-pala: 6 definitions

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Bhutapala means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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 Names

1. Bhutapala. An example of one who possessed nanavipphara iddhi (PS.ii.211). He was the child of a poor man of Rajagaha, and went one day with his father in a cart to the forest to collect firewood. By the time they returned to the town gate, evening had fallen. The cart was halted awhile, and the oxen, having got free from the yoke, entered the town. Telling the child to sit near the cart, the father set off after the oxen. Before he could return, the gate was shut, and the child owed his escape during the night from wild beasts and demons to his nanavipphara iddhi.

Although the place where he slept was near to a cemetery, no evil spirit could harm the boy as that birth was destined to be his last. He later joined the Order and became an arahant, being famed as Bhutapala Thera. PSA. 493f.; Vsm.379f.

2. Bhutapala. The Vibhanga Commentary in explaining the term kasavapajjota says that it means resplendent with the colour of orange, completely (ekobhasini) like the family of Bhutapalasetthi (Bhutapalasetthikulasadisani). VibhA.342; see also Bhutavalika.

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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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Biology (plants and animals)

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Bhutapala in India is the name of a plant defined with Elaeodendron glaucum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Celastrus glaucus (Rottb.) Vahl (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Polypetalae disciflorae Rehmannianae (1888)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Bhutapala in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhūtapāla (भूतपाल).—the guardian of living beings.

Derivable forms: bhūtapālaḥ (भूतपालः).

Bhūtapāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhūta and pāla (पाल).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhūtapāla (भूतपाल):—[=bhūta-pāla] [from bhūta > bhū] m. the guardian of living beings, [Bṛhad-āraṇyaka-upaniṣad]

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Bhutapala in German

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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.

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