Kumbhakara Jataka, Kumbhakāra-jātaka: 1 definition

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In Buddhism
1. Theravada
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Kumbhakara Jataka 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 Names

The Bodhisatta was a potter in Benares, and to his house came four Pacceka Buddhas - Karandu, Naggaji, Nimi and Dummukha - from Nandamula pabbhara. He welcomed them and asked them the stories of their renunciation. Having heard them, both he and his wife wished to leave the world, but his wife, deceiving him, went before him, leaving him to look after their son and daughter. When the children were old enough he, too, became an ascetic, and though he met his wife later he refused to have anything to do with her.

The son was Rahula and the daughter Uppalavanna, the wife being Rahulamata.

The story was related to five hundred monks who had lustful thoughts at midnight. The Buddha read their thoughts and visited them with Ananda (J.iii.375ff). See also the Paniya Jataka.

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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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