Kanirajanu Tissa, Kanirajānu-tissa: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesKing of Ceylon (A.D.89-92). He slew his elder brother Amandagamani Abhaya and occupied the throne. He once gave judgment in a lawsuit concerning the uposatha house in the Cetiyagiri vihara, and sixty monks who were found guilty of treason against him were captured by his orders and flung into a cave called Kanira. Hence, probably, his name. Mhv.xxxv.9ff; MT.640; Dpv.xx.38.
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: Tissa.
Full-text: Kanira Pabbhara, Amandagamani Abhaya.
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