Pajjota: 5 definitions
Introduction:
Pajjota means something in Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India. 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 NamesKing of Avanti in the time of the Buddha. His name was Pajjota, the sobriquet being added on account of his violent temper.
Once, when ill with jaundice, he asked Bimbisara to lend him the services of Jivaka, as no other doctor could cure him. The cure for the malady was ghee, for which Pajjota had a strong aversion. Jivaka, therefore, decided to administer it disguised in an astringent decoction, and obtained the kings permission to use any of the royal animals or to leave the city at any time he wished, on the plea that he must go in search of various medicines. When all preparations were complete, Jivaka gave the king the medicine and escaped on Bhaddavatika, the kings she elephant, before the truth was discovered. (The elephant could travel fifty yojanas in one day, and Kaka, sixty). The king sent Kaka in pursuit, but Jivaka gave Kaka a purgative and so delayed his return until the medicine had taken effect on the king. Later, when Pajjota was cured, he sent Jivaka many costly presents, including a garment of Siveyyaka cloth (Vin.i.276ff; AA.i.216).
King Udena was Pajjotas rival in splendour, and Pajjota decided to take him captive by taking advantage of his fondness for elephants. The plan succeeded and Udena was taken prisoner, but in the end Udena eloped with Pajjotas daughter, Vasuladatta, and made her his queen consort. Besides the she elephant and the slave Kaka, already mentioned, Pajjota had three other fleet footed conveyances: two mares, Celakanthi and Munjakesi, both capable of travelling one hundred leagues a day, and an elephant, Nalagiri, able to go one hundred and twenty leagues a day. In a past birth Pajjota had been the servitor of a certain chief. One day, when the chief was returning from the bath, he saw a Pacceka Buddha leaving the city, where he had begged for alms without receiving anything. The chief hurried home and, finding that his meal was ready, sent it to the Pacceka Buddha by the hand of his fleet footed servant. The servant travelled with all possible haste and, having given the meal to the Pacceka Buddha, expressed certain wishes, as the result of which in this birth he gained possession of the five conveyances. He had authority equal to the power of the suns rays. (This may be another explanation of the nickname Canda). His last wish was that he should partake of the Truth realised by the Pacceka Buddha (DhA.i.196ff).
Maha Kaccana was the son of Pajjotas chaplain and later succeeded to his fathers post. When the king heard of the Buddhas appearance in the world, he sent Kaccana with seven others to the Buddha, to bring him to Ujjeni. But the Buddha sent Kaccana and his companions, now become arahants, to preach to the king and establish the Sasana in Avanti. The mission was successful.
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Pajjota
See Candappajjota (??).
2. PajjotaA tank near Kasapabbata, built by Dutthagamani. Near it was the city of Pajjotanagara. Mhv.xxv.51; M.i.346.
1. Pajjota SuttaThe four splendours: of the moon, the sun, fire, and wisdom. A.ii.140.
2. Pajjota SuttaThe four things that give light: the sun, the moon, fire, and the Buddha, the Buddha being the best. S.i.15.
3. Pajjota SuttaA series of questions asked by a deva, and the Buddhas answers; the first being on radiance wisdom gives radiance to all the world. S.i.44.
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).
India history and geography
Source: archive.org: Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1963Pajjota or Pajjotanagara is identified with Paṇa or Palonagara: the name of an ancient locality that existed since the ancient kingdom of Anurādhapura, Ceylon (Sri Lanka).—Near Kāsapabbata was the town Paṇa, also called Palonagara; this place is identical with Pajjotanagara which was named after Pajjota tank which Duṭṭhagāmaṇi built near Kāsapabbata. The Sīgiri Graffiti mention Polonaru. In an inscription of Vasabha (67-111) Palo-nakaraka tank in Tihalaka district and the assembly at Tiragama are mentioned. Aggabodhi II (604-614) built a Practising House at Palaṃnagara-vihāra. Tiragama appears to be identical with Terigāma ,southward of Anurādhapura, where Parakkamabāhu’s forces won decisive victory. Close to Kāsapabbata, Duṭṭhagāmaṇi built the tank Kulantavāpi or Kulatthavāpi or Kalatāvava (Kalatāvāva), present Kalattāva.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarypajjota : (m.) a lamp; a light; lustre.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPajjota, (cp. Ved. pradyota, pra+dyut) light, lustre, splendour, a lamp S. I, 15, 47; A. II, 140; Sn. 349; Pug. 25; Sdhp. 590.—telapajjota an oil lamp Vin. I, 16=D. I, 85= A. I, 56 ≈; Sn. p. 15.—dhammapajjota the lamp of the Dhamma Miln. 21. paññā-pajjota the torch of knowledge Dhs. 16, 20, 292, 555; VbhA. 115. pajjotassa nibbānaṃ the extinguishing of the lamp D. II, 157; S. I, 159; A. IV, 3. (Page 387)
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Pajjotanagara.
Ends with: Aggipajjota, Dhammapajjota, Telapajjota.
Full-text (+7): Ujjenika, Dhammapajjota, Telapajjota, Aggipajjota, Yantahatthi, India, Pajjotanagara, Vasuladatta, Kaka, Avantiputta, Avanti, Palo, Vahana, Palonagara, Tiragama, Pana, Polonaru, Palonakaraka, Tira, Teri.
Relevant text
Search found 5 books and stories containing Pajjota; (plurals include: Pajjotas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
The story of King Pajjota < [8. Robes (Cīvara)]
On a pair of Siveyyaka cloths < [8. Robes (Cīvara)]
On asking for a boon < [8. Robes (Cīvara)]
The Gospel of Buddha (by Paul Carus)
Apadana commentary (Atthakatha) (by U Lu Pe Win)
Commentary on Biography of the thera Mahākaccāna < [Chapter 4 - Kuṇḍadhānavagga (section on Kuṇḍadhāna)]
A Historical Study of Kaushambi (by Nirja Sharma)
Political History of Vatsa < [Chapter 2]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 1 - The story of Sudinna (the Kalandaka merchant’s son) < [Chapter 31 - The Monk Sudinna, the Son of the Kalanda Merchant]