Alternative spellings of this word include Chakkana.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

An upasaka of Ceylon. While he was a boy, his mother once fell grievously ill and the doctors ordered her hares flesh. Cakkana was sent by his brother into the field, where he caught a hare which, however, out of compassion he set free. His brother blamed him, but Cakkana cured his mother by a saccakiriya, saying that, inasmuch as he had never deprived anything of life, by the power of that truth his mother should recover. (SA.ii.112; the story is slightly different in MA.i.165). Cakkanas abstinence is one that was maintained in spite of opportunity (sampattivirati) and when he had not under taken to observe any precept. DhsA., p. 103.

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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).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Cakkana (चक्कन):—[from cakk] [varia lectio] for cakana.

[Sanskrit to German]

Cakkana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cakkaṇa (ಚಕ್ಕಣ):—[noun] an eatable made of the meat (flesh of animals), eaten while drinking liquors.

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Cakkaṇa (ಚಕ್ಕಣ):—[noun] outward show or seeming; semblance; appearance.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Cakkana sharman, Cakkanacuru, Cakkanakkari, Cakkanasharma.

Ends with: Vicakkana.

Full-text: Cakana, Cakkana sharman, Cikkena.

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Abhidhamma in Daily Life (by Ashin Janakabhivamsa) (by Ashin Janakabhivamsa)

Factor 12-14 - The three abstinences (samma vaca (right speech), samma kammanta (right action), samma ajiva (right livelihood)) < [Chapter 3 - On kusala cetasikas (wholesome mental factors)]

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