Unnanabhi, Unnanābhī, Uṇṇanābhi, Unna-nabhi: 2 definitions
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Unnanabhi 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)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA spider, as big as a chariot wheel, which lived in a cave in Mount Cittakuta. During the rains the geese who lived on the mountain entered his cave for shelter. Every month the spider would make a web, each thread of which was as thick as a cows halter, at the entrance of the cave. At the end of the rains a young goose, who had been given two portions of food to make him strong would break the web and the geese would fly away. Once the rains lasted five months and the geese, having no food, were forced to eat their eggs and then their young. When the time came for them to fly away, none of them were strong enough to break the web and the spider sucked the blood of them all. That was the end of the Dhatarattha geese. J.v.469-70.
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
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryUṇṇanābhi refers to: (either uṇṇa° or uṇṇā, cp. Vedic ūrṇavābhi, ūrṇa + vābhi from Idg. *ǔebh to weave as in Lat. vespa = wasp, of which shorter root in Sk. vā) a spider, lit. “wool- i.e. thread-weaver”, only in combn. with sarabū & mūsikā at Vin. II, 110 = A. II, 73 = J. II, 147 (= makkaṭaka C). (Page 130)
Note: uṇṇanābhi is a Pali compound consisting of the words uṇṇa and nābhi.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Full-text: Makkataka.
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