Punnavaddhana, Puññavaddhana, Puṇṇavaddhana, Punna-vaddhana: 2 definitions
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Punnavaddhana. Son of Migara and husband of Visakha (q.v.). AA.i.220; DhA.i.387; UdA. 158, etc.
2. Punnavaddhana. One of the gardens laid out by Parakkamabahu I. in Pulatthipura (Cv.lxxix. 9). In it was a tank, which was connected with the Toyavapi by the Sarassati Canal. From this branched off, to the west, the Yamuna Canal. Ibid., 46, 47.
3. Punnavaddhana. The name given to a kind of precious garment. Kundali of Dvaramandala sent several of these garments to Dighabhaya through Suranimila, and Dighabhaya gave a pair himself to Suranimila. Mhv.xxiii.33, 37; MT. 450.
Punna was probably another variation of the name. E.g., ibid., 538.
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. Son of Dhammadassi Buddha. Bu.xvi.14. See also Punnavaddhana.
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 1963Puṇṇavaddhana is the name of a tank associated with Yamuna and Sarabhū: two of the twenty canal-systems associated with Parakkamasamudda waters that existed in the Polonnaruva (Polonnaruwa) district of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).—The Pūjāvaliya gives the name Mahāsamudra to the Parakkamasamudda at Polonnaruva. The canal system associated with Parakkamasamudda is described and named in the Cūlavamsa as follows:—[...] Yamuna canal, which flowed west from Puṇṇavaddhana tank; Sarabhū canal, which flowed north from Puṇṇavaddhana tank; [...].
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vaddhana, Punna.
Starts with: Punnavaddhana Sutta, Punnavaddhanavapi.
Full-text: Sarabhu, Yamuna, Vicitoli, Nammada, Migara, Parakkamasamudda, Dhammadassi, Neranjara.
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