Maluta, Māluta: 4 definitions
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Maluta means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 NamesTwenty nine thousand kappas ago there were eight kings of this name, previous births of Nalamaliya (Kutivihariya) Thera. Ap.i.144; ThagA.i.132.
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarymāluta : (m.) the wind.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryMāluta, (the proper Pali form for māruta, the a-stem form of maru2=Vedic marut or māruta) wind, air, breeze S. IV, 218; Th. I, 2; II, 372; J. I, 167; IV, 222; V, 328; VI, 189; Miln. 319; Vism. 172 (=vāyu); VvA. 174, 178.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryMāluta (मालुत).—a high number (twice in same list with °tā, see next; °tā seems better to correspond in position to māluda, q.v.): Gaṇḍavyūha 106.4, 13 (the list seems confused at this point); compare also māruta.
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Mālutā (मालुता).—(1) a high number (compare prec.): Gaṇḍavyūha 106.5 (seems to correspond to māluda); (2) (= mālu, q.v., with Pali and AMg. correspondents), name of a creeper, symbol of cause of unhappiness (because it chokes trees on which it grows): (kāmāḥ…) mālutā-latevāsukhadā(ḥ) Lalitavistara 212.17 (prose; v.l. mārutā°, but Tibetan ḥkhri śiṅ ma lu ta); mālutā-latā-jālāvabaddheṣu (mss. mārutā°, ed. em.) Mūla-madhyamaka-kārikā 441.5 (prose).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Maluta Jataka, Malutacanan, Malutanan, Malutirita.
Ends with: Mamaluta.
Full-text: Maruta, Malu, Muluta, Maluva, Malutirita, Maluda, Nalamaliya, Junha, Maru, Kala.
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Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
The Air Kasiṇa < [Chapter V - The Remaining Kasiṇas (Sesa-kasiṇa-niddesa)]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 17: Māluta-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) (by W. R. S. Ralston)