Puta Sutta: 1 definition
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Puta Sutta means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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 NamesTalaputa visits the Buddha and asks him if there be any truth in the tradition that stage actors are born, after death, among the Pahasadeva. The Buddha refuses at first to answer the question, but, on being pressed, he says that the truth is that actors are born in the Pahasa niraya. Talaputa thereupon starts to weep to think that he should have been so long deceived. He enters the Order and, in due course, becomes an arahant. S.iv.306f.
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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