In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

He belonged to a rich brahmin family of a border kingdom. One day he heard the Buddha preach in the Deer Park in Sankassa, and, after joining the Order, became a reciter of the Tipitaka, attaining arahantship in due course. He then became a teacher and counsellor of the monks, instructing them and solving their difficulties.

In the time of Tissa, Buddha he was a forester, and, seeing the Buddha at the foot of a tree, offered him punnaga flowers. Ninety one kappas ago he was a king, named Tamonuda (Thag.vs.106; ThagA.i.212f). He is evidently identical with Punnagapupphiya of the Apadana. Ap.i.180.

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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).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Suhemanta (सुहेमन्त):—[=su-hemanta] [from su > su-hata] a m. a good winter, [Gṛhya-sūtra]

2) [v.s. ...] b mfn. having a good winter, [Mānava-gṛhya-sūtra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Suhemanta in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Hemanta, Cu, Shu.

Full-text: Punnagapupphiya, Sankassa.

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