Roruka: 6 definitions
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Roruka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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 Names1. Roruka. A city, capital of the Soviras, established by Jotipala, chaplain of Renu.
Its king was Bharata. (D.ii.235; cp. Mta.iii.208; see also Dvy.544ff ).
In the Aditta Jataka (J.iii.470) it is called Roruva.
2. Roruka. Capital of King Seri. SA.i.90.
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: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early BuddhismRoruka (रोरुक) is the name of a locality situated in Aparāntaka (western district) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—In the Divyāvadāna we read that Pāṭaliputta and Roruka were two important cities. It is said that King Rudrāyana of Roruka was a contemporary of King Bimbisāra of Magadha and they became intimate friends. There was then a brisk trade between Rājagaha and Roruka. It is said merchants from Rājagaha went to Roruka for trade.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryRoruka (रोरुक).—(var. Rauruka), nt. (= Pali Roruka), (1) name of a town, capital of the Sauvīras (Pali Sov°): Mahāvastu iii.208.18; home of Rudrāyaṇa, Divyāvadāna 544.23 ff.; in 545.26 (mss.), and usually later in the story (550.1—11; 551.6; 552.17 ff.; 556.16 ff.; 559.4; 563.12 ff.), called Rauruka; (2) name of a city in the south (and so apparently not the same as 1, which is in the northwest): Gaṇḍavyūha 453.18, 25.
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Roruka (रोरुक) or Rauruka.—(1), q.v.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryRoruka (रोरुक):—m. or n. (?) Name of a country or a town, [Buddhist literature]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Ends with: Adharoruka.
Full-text: Rudrayana, Rauruka, Sovira, Udrayana, Bharukaccha, Roruva, Renu, Bhiruka, Bhirukaccha, Mahagovinda Sutta.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 6 - Division of the great earth of Jambudvīpa into seven parts < [Chapter VIII - The Bodhisattvas]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XX - The Mahāgovindīya-sūtra < [Volume III]