Akitti Jataka, Akitti-jātaka, Akittijataka, Akittijātaka: 3 definitions

Introduction:

Akitti Jataka 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)

[«previous next»] — Akitti Jataka in Theravada glossary
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

See Akitti. It was related at Jetavana, of a generous donor who lived at Savatthi. This man invited the Buddha, and during seven days gave many gifts to him and to the monks. On the last day he presented the company of arahants with all necessaries. The Buddha praised the mans generosity and told him how wise men of old shared their possessions with others, even when they themselves had nothing to eat but kara leaves and water. J.iv.236ff.

context information

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).

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Akitti Jataka in Pali glossary
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

akittijātaka (အကိတ္တိဇာတက) [(na) (န)]—
[akitti+jātaka]
[အကိတ္တိ+ဇာတက]

[Pali to Burmese]

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

akittijātaka—

(Burmese text): အကိတ္တိမည်သော ဘုရားအလောင်း၏အကြောင်းကို ပြရာဖြစ်သော ဇာတ်။ အကိတ္တိဇာတ်။

(Auto-Translation): A play about the legendary Buddha statue known as Aketiti. The Aketiti play.

Pali book cover
context information

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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