Karerimandalamala, Karerimandalamālā: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA pavilion near the Karerikutika, evidently a hall with a thatched roof supported by wooden pillars, but with no walls (D.ii.1; Dial.ii.5, n.2). Buddhaghosa calls it a nisidanasala (sitting hall). Between this hall and the Gandhakuti was the Karerimandapa. Probably the term Karerimandalamala was used to denote all the grounds within the Gandhakuti, the Karerikutika and this hall (Gandhakuti pi Karerikutika pi sala pi Karerimandalamalo ti vuccati) (DA.ii.407). Dhammapala, however, says that only the mandapa and the sala were called Karerimandalamala. He explains mandalamala thus: tinapannacchadanam anovassakam mandalamalo; atimuttakadi latamandapo ti apare (UdA.203). The monks seem to have been in the habit of sitting out here and talking on various topics at the close of the day. One such topic is recorded in the Udana (Ud., p.30f), for discussing which the monks drew on themselves the Buddhas stern rebuke.
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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