In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

1. Ekapundarika - A paribbajakarama, the residence of Vacchagotta (M.i.481f ).It was near the Kutagarasala in the Mahavana of Vesali. The Buddha went there to see Vacchagotta, and it was on this occasion that the Tevijja Vacchagotta Sutta was preached (M.i.481f). Buddhaghosa says (MA.ii.673) that the place was so called because in it grew a solitary White Mango Tree (setambarukkha).

2. Ekapundarika - An elephant belonging to Pasenadi. It was while riding on this elephant that the king met Ananda. The king followed the Elder to the monastery, and their conversation is recorded in the Bahitika Sutta (M.ii.112f).

Over the elephants ribs there was a white spot (pandaratthana), the size of a palmyra fruit, hence his name (MA.ii.752).

3. Ekapundarika Thera - An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he met the Pacceka Buddha, Romasa, and gave him a lotus flower as an offering of homage. Ap.i.238.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ekapuṇḍarīka (एकपुण्डरीक).—(= Pali id.), name of King Prasenajit's elephant: Avadāna-śataka ii.114.10.

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

Ekapuṇḍarīka (एकपुण्डरीक):—[=eka-puṇḍarīka] [from eka] n. ‘the only lotus’ id est. the only or very best, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv, 9, 3, 14.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Ekapundarika 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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Partial matches: Eka, Pundarika.

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