Rasavahini, Rasavāhinī: 1 definition

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Rasavahini 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)

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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A collection of stories in Pali, by Vedeha, a monk of the Vanavasi fraternity in Ceylon. The work probably belongs to the early part of the fourteenth century, and seems to be a revision of an old Pali translation made from an original Singhalese compilation by Ratthapala Thera of the Mahavihara.

The present text consists of one hundred and three stories, forty relating to incidents occurring in Jambudipa and the rest to Ceylon. There exists a glossary on the work called the Rasavahiniganthi (P.L.C.210; Svd.1264). v.l. Madhurarasavahini.

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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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