Dabba Mallaputta: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesAn arahant. He was born at Anupiya in a family of the Mallas (Kusinara, says the Apadana). As a child of seven he saw the Buddha who was visiting in the Malla country, and he asked his grandmother (his mother having died at his birth) if he might join the Order under the Buddha. She brought him to the Buddha and the boy became an arahant in the Tonsure hall. He returned with the Buddha to Rajagaha where, with the Buddhas sanction, and wishing to be of service to the Order, he took upon himself the task of appointing nights lodgings to travelling monks and of directing them to meals. He performed his duties most diligently and with great intelligence, and his fame spread far and wide. Monks coming from afar, wishing to witness his skill, would deliberately arrive late and ask for lodgings in some place remote from Rajagaha; Dabba would burst into flame and walk ahead of them, with his finger burning to light them on the way. It was the sight of Dabba on one of these journeys which led to a slave woman, Punna, being visited by the Buddha, resulting in her becoming a Sotapanna (DhA.iii.321ff).
It once happened that meals were allotted by Dabba to the Mettiya Bhummajaka at the house of a rich man, who, discovering their identity, gave orders that they were to be fed anyhow. The Mettiya Bhummajaka were greatly offended, and believing that Dabba had intended to slight them, induced one of their partisans, Mettiya, to accuse Dabba of having seduced her. The charge was investigated, Mettiya was expelled, and Dabbas fame increased (Thag.v.5; Vin.ii.74ff; iii.158f, 166f, iv.37f; Sp.iii.598f). The Mettiya Bhummajaka persuaded the Licchavi, Vaddha, to make a similar charge against Dabba regarding his wife (Vin.ii.124f). The Tandulanali Jataka (J.i.123f ) mentions another dispute, where Laludayi charges Dabba with not performing his duties conscientiously. Thereupon Laludayi was appointed to the task, but proved a failure.
Dabba was given the rank of chief of those who appointed lodgings (senasanapannapakanam) (A.i.24) and was given the upasampada ordination when only seven years old. He was called Dabba because he was said to be born of his mother while she was being burnt in the funeral pyre; when the flames were extinguished, the child was found lying on one of the posts of the pyre (dabbatthambhe) (ThagA.i.41; AA.i.152f).
He was a setthiputta in Hamsavati in the time of Padumuttara Buddha, and it was then that he conceived the desire for the rank of chief apportioner of lodgings. One hundred and three times he became king among devas and one hundred and five times king of men. In the time of Vipassi Buddha he spoke calumny about an arahant Thera, hence the conspiracy against him by the Mettiya Bhummajaka. In the time of Kassapa Buddha he, with six others, went to the top of a hill,
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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Partial matches: Mallaputta, Dabba.
Full-text: Mettiya, Tapodarama, Vaddha, Kalasila, Digha Karayana, Anupiya, Tandulanali Jataka, Maddakucchi, Isigili, Mettiyabhummajaka, Padumuttara, Laludayi, Kumara-kassapa, Veluvana.
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