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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

The name of King Udenas park at Kosambi on the river. It was a favourite spot of Pindola Bharadvaja, who often spent the day there. On one occasion when he was there, Udena came with the women of the palace to the pleasaunce to enjoy himself. When the king fell asleep the women wandered about the park and, seeing Pindola, they went up to him and he preached to them. The king, on waking, was enraged to find the women absent and, on learning the cause, went to Pindola and questioned him. Pindola, knowing that the king had no wish to learn, sat silent. The king, in great anger, threatened to cast a net of red ants on the Elder, but before he could carry out his threat, Pindola vanished through the air (SnA.ii.514f; SA.iii.27f).

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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).

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Udakavana (उदकवन) is the name of a park belonging to Udayana: a king that, out of attachment to female beauty (rūpasaṅga), cut off the hands and feet of five hundred Ṛṣis according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXVIII). Another day, walking in his park Udakavana, (cf. at the beginning of this note, the mountain Udakapada, mentioned in the Vibhāṣā), Udaka saw that his women had given their robes to the Bhikṣu Bhāradvāja. He questioned the monk about the good based on their generosity, but the monk remained silent. Angry, Udayana tried to have him eaten by red ants, but Piṇḍola vanished into the sky.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Partial matches: Vana, Udaka.

Full-text: Udena, Udayana, Kosambi.

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