Pacinakhandaraji, Pācīnakhandarājī: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA district in Ceylon near Cittapabbata (Mhv.xxiii.4; see Mhv.Trs.155, n.3 and Cv. Trs.i.71, n.2) in which was the Vettavasa vihara, given by Aggabodhi II. to the Kalinga minister who was ordained by Jotipala Thera (Cv.xlii.48). The road to the district lay to the south of Anuradhapura, past the Potters Village. The Visuddhimagga (p.90) speaks of it as a prosperous place.
The Anguttara Commentary (AA.ii.489; also DA.iii.1010) has a story of a monk of the vihara who was a pamsukulika and became an arahant.
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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