Kakusandha: 1 definition
Introduction:
Kakusandha means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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 NamesThe twenty second of the twenty four Buddhas and the first of the five Buddhas of the present Bhaddakappa.
He was the son of the brahmin Aggidatta, chaplain of Khemankara, king of Khemavati, and Visakha.
He was born in the Khema pleasaunce, and lived for four thousand years in the household in three palaces - Ruci, Suruci and Vaddhana (or Rativaddhana).
His wife was Virocamana (or Rocani), and he had a son, Uttara.
He left the world riding in a chariot, and practised austerities for only eight months.
Before his Enlightenment, he was given a meal of milk rice by the daughter of the brahmin Vajirindha of the village Sucirindha, and grass for his seat by the yavapalaka Subhadda.
His bodhi was a Sirisa tree, and his first sermon was preached to eighty four thousand monks in the park near the city of Makila.
He performed the Twin Miracle under a Sala tree at the gates of Kannakujja. Among his converts was a fierce yakkha named Naradeva.
He held only one assembly of his monks.
Kakusandhas body was forty cubits in height, and he died at the age of forty thousand years in the Khema pleasaunce.
The thupa erected over his relics was one league high.
The Bodhisatta was at that time a king named Khema. The Buddhas chief disciples were Vidhura and Sanjiva among monks, and Sama and Campa among nuns. His personal attendant was Buddhija. Accuta and Samana, Nanda and Sunanda were his most eminent lay supporters (D.ii.7; Bu.xxiii; J.i.42; BuA.209ff). Kakusandha kept the fast day (uposatha) every year (DhA.iii.236). In Kakusandhas time a Mara, named Dusi (a previous birth of Moggallana), gave a great deal of trouble to the Buddha and his followers, trying greatly the Buddhas patience (M.i.333ff; Thag.1187). The Samyutta Nikaya (S.ii.190f) mentions that during the time of Kakusandha, the Mount Vepulla of Rajagaha was named Pacina vamsa and the inhabitants were called Tivara.
The monastery built by Accuta on the site where, in the present age, Anathapindika erected the Jetavanarama, was half a league in extent, and the ground was bought by golden kacchapas sufficient in number to cover it (J.i.94).
According to the Ceylonese chronicles (Dpv.ii.66; xv.25, 34; xvii.9, 16, etc.; Mhv.xv.57-90), Kakusandha paid a visit to Ceylon. The island was then known as Ojadipa and its capital was Abhayanagara, where reigned King Abhaya. The Mahameghavana was called Mahatittha. The Buddha came, with forty thousand disciples, to rid the island of a pestilence caused by yakkhas and stood on the Devakuta mountain from where, by virtue of his own desire, all inhabitants of the country could see him. The Buddha and his disciples were invited to a meal by the king,
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).
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kakusandha Sutta.
Full-text (+39): Tivara, Khemankara, Dusi, Subhagavati, Buddhija, Patiyarama, Virocamana, Accuta, Rocani, Pajjaraka, Vajirindha, Punnakala, Vibhitakaminjiya, Kakusandha Sutta, Vaddhana, Pacinavamsa, Rucananda, Billaphaliya, Silakuta, Samana.
Relevant text
Search found 12 books and stories containing Kakusandha; (plurals include: Kakusandhas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Buddha Chronicle 22: Kakusandha Buddhavaṃsa < [Chapter 9 - The chronicle of twenty-four Buddhas]
Part 3 - Story of Māra and Mahā Moggallāna < [Chapter 26 - The Buddha’s Eighth Vassa at the Town of Susumaragira]
Supplement (d): The Eight Differences (vematta) < [Chapter 9 - The chronicle of twenty-four Buddhas]
Vinaya Pitaka (4): Parivara (by I. B. Horner)
The Five Divisions (Fourth Division ) < [21. The Five Divisions]
Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
Part V - Ciilayamaka Vagga < [(a) Mulapannasa Pali]
Apadana commentary (Atthakatha) (by U Lu Pe Win)
Various other 22 Buddhas < [Part 1 - Remote preface (dūre-nidāna)]
Establishing Many Monasteries < [Part 3 - Discourse on proximate preface (santike-nidāna)]
Gaining Of Perfections By Bodhisat < [Part 1 - Remote preface (dūre-nidāna)]
Dipavamsa (study) (by Sibani Barman)
Chapter 1a - Pre-Buddhist Sri-Lankā
Chapter 4f - Invasion of the Tamils
Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules) (by I. B. Horner)
Monks’ Expulsion (Pārājika) 1: The origin of the Vinaya < [Monks’ Expulsion (Pārājika) 1]