Mahapatapa, Mahāpatāpa: 2 definitions
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Mahapatapa 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.
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Mahapatapa, Mahapatapana. King of Benares, father of the Bodhisatta in the Culla Dhammapala Jataka (q.v.). He is identified with Devadatta.1 He was swallowed up by the earth. J.iii.182. DhA.i.129.
2. Mahapatapa. A king of thirty five kappas ago, a former birth of Vira (or Niggundipupphiya) Thera. ThagA.i.50; Ap.i.205.
3. Mahapatapa. A king of twenty seven kappas ago; a former birth of Vatamsakiya Thera. Ap.i.216.
4. Mahapatapa. A primeval king, descendant of Mahasammata. Dpv.iii.7; Mhv.ii.5; ep. Mtu.i.348.
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).
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: BuddhismMahāpatāpa (महापताप) (son of Patāpa and father of Panāda) is the name of an ancient king from the Solar dynasty (sūryavaṃśa) and a descendant of Mahāsaṃmata, according to the Mahābuddhavaṃsa or Maha Buddhavamsa (the great chronicle of Buddhas) Anudīpanī chapter 1, compiled by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw. These twenty-eight kings were of long lives of asaṅkhyeyya (asaṃkhyeya) years. The twenty-seven kings [viz., Mahāpatāpa] after Mahāsammata were his descendants. Some of these twenty-eight kings reigned in Kusavatī City, others in Rājagaha and still others in Mithilā.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Patapa, Panada, Culla Dhammapala Jataka, Vatamsakiya, Niggundipupphiya, Vira, Canda, Dhammapala.
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The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 358: Culladhammapāla-jātaka < [Volume 3]
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 7 - A Brief History of the Royal Lineage of the Bodhisatta < [Chapter 1 - The Story of Sataketu Deva, The Future Buddha]
Part 4 - Story of Devadatta < [Chapter 36 - The Buddha’s Height Measured by a Brahmin]
Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
(1) Loving-Kindness < [Chapter IX - The Divine Abidings (Brahmavihāra-niddesa)]