Tapassu, Tapussa: 2 definitions
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Tapassu 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.
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Tapassu, Tapussa - A merchant of Ukkala. He and his friend, Bhalluka (Bhalliya), while on their way to Rajagaha, saw the Buddha at the foot of the Rajayatana tree, in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. Urged by a deity, who had been their relation, they offered the Buddha rice cakes and honey in a bowl provided by the Four Regent Gods. They became the first lay disciples of the Buddha, and their formula of Refuge contained no reference to the Sangha (Vin.i.3f; A.i.26; UdA.54; J.i.80).
According to the Theragatha Commentary (i.48f), Tapassu and Bhalluka were brothers, sons of a caravan leader of Pokkharavati. Some time later they visited the Buddha at Rajagaha, where he preached to them; Tapassu, thereupon, became a Sotapanna, while Bhalluka entered the Order and became an arahant.
In the time of Sikhi Buddha they were brahmins of Arunavati. Hearing that two caravan leaders, Ujita and Ojita, had given the first meal to the Buddha, they gave alms to the Buddha and his monks, and wished for a similar privilege for themselves under a future Buddha. In the time of Kassapa Buddha, they were sons of Gopala setthi, and for many years provided the monks with milk rice.
The Anguttara Commentary (AA.i.207f) says that the deity, who caused Tapassu and Bhalluka to give alms to the Buddha, was their mother in their previous birth. The Buddha gave them, for worship, eight handfuls of his hair, which he obtained by stroking his head. They took the hair with them to their city - which, according to this account, was Asitanjana - and there built a cetiya, from which rays of blue light issued on fast days. Tapassu is called a dvevacikaupasaka (AA.ii.696), and is included in a list of eminent upasakas. A.iii.450. The Sanskrit books call him Trapusa (Dvy.393; Mtu.iii.303.)
See also Tapassu Sutta below.
2. Tapassu - Chief of the lay disciples of Dipankara Buddha. Bu.ii.215.
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
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusTapassu (ತಪಸ್ಸು):—
1) [noun] the quality or state of being hot; the sensation of it; hotness.
2) [noun] a source of heat; fire.
3) [noun] a meditating on the Supreme or abstract principle of the universal being, following self-denial, strict austere, moral and ethical life, etc.
4) [noun] the eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
5) [noun] one of the seven worlds believed to be above our earth.
6) [noun] (astrol.) the ninth lunar mansion.
7) [noun] (fig.) the way of single-minded life with continuous and devoted effort in pursuance of an ideal, purpose, etc.; the mission of one’s life.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Tapassu Sutta.
Ends with: Abhyamtaratapassu, Anashanatapassu, Dravidatapassu.
Full-text: Trapusa, Tapassu Sutta, Tapasye, Pokkharavati, Tapasu, Ojita, Asitanjana, Rajayatana, Ukkala, Uruvelakappa, Bhallika, Mahavana, Dipankara, Uttarapatha, Ajapala Nigrodha.
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Stupas in Orissa (Study) (by Meenakshi Chauley)
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Development of Stupa Architecture in India < [Chapter 3]
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Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Biography (1): Tapussa and Bhallika < [Chapter 45a - The Life Stories of Male Lay Disciples]
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Part 5 - The Week at Ajapāla Banyan Tree < [Chapter 8 - The Buddha’s stay at the Seven Places]
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Chapter 3 - Two Devoted Lay Disciples < [Part IV - The Sangha]
Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
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