Nagavimana Vatthu, Nāgavimāna-vatthu: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Nagavimana Vatthu
The story of Yasuttara (q.v.). Vv.iv.3; VvA.181ff.
2. Nagavimana VatthuThe story of a man who, having offered eight flowers at the thupa of Kassapa Buddha, was born in Tavatimsa, where he rode a white elephant. He had procured the flowers with great difficulty. Moggallana saw him on one of his journeys and heard from him his story. Vv.v.10; VvA.252ff.
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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