Ekasannaka, Ekasaññaka: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Ekasannaka Thera - An arahant. In the past he gave a meal to a monk named Khanda, a disciple of Vessabhu Buddha. Forty kappas ago he was a king named Varuna (Ap.i.121). The Apadana Commentary says he was given the name Ekasannaka because in his last life he remembered his gift to Khanda.
2. Ekasannaka Thera - An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he saw a rag robe hanging in the forest, and gladdened by the sight worshipped it. Twenty five kappas ago he was a king named Amitabha. Ap.i.210f.
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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