Anathapindada, Anāthapiṇḍada, Anatha-pindada: 7 definitions
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Anāthapiṇḍada (अनाथपिण्डद) is the name of a Vaiśya whose story is mentioned in the Dakṣiṇīyasūtra, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36.—Accordingly, “in the Dakṣiṇīyasūtra, the Buddha said to the Vaiśya Ki-kou-tou (Anāthapiṇḍada): ‘In the world there are two fields of merit (puṇyakṣetra), the śaikṣas and the aśaikṣas’. According to this same sūtra, ‘the śaikṣas are eighteen in number and the aśaikṣas are nine in number’”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Anāthapiṇḍada (अनाथपिण्डद).—'giver of food to the poor', Name of a merchant in whose garden Buddha Gautama used to instruct his pupils.
Derivable forms: anāthapiṇḍadaḥ (अनाथपिण्डदः).
Anāthapiṇḍada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anātha and piṇḍada (पिण्डद). See also (synonyms): anāthapiṇḍika.
Anāthapiṇḍada (अनाथपिण्डद).—(once °piṇḍika, q.v., as in Pali), name of a rich layman (gṛhapati), owner of the grove (ārāma) in Jetavana at Śrāvastī where Buddha often stayed: Lalitavistara 1.5; Mahāvastu i.4.13 (5 of 6 mss. read here °piṇḍasya); iii.224.11 (here Senart °piṇḍasya with 1 ms., v.l. °piṇḍādasya); Mahāvyutpatti 4111; Divyāvadāna 1.2; 35.11; 77.27; 80.12; 168.5; 172.27; 429.8; 466.23, etc.; Avadāna-śataka i.13.5 etc., common; title af Avadāna-śataka chapter 39 (i.223.1), see also Avadāna-śataka i.313.6 ff.; Kāraṇḍavvūha 1.5; Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 21.13 etc.; 71.19; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iii.135.22 (his life, as Sudatta, more fully than in Pali).
Anāthapiṇḍada (अनाथपिण्डद):—[=a-nātha-piṇḍa-da] [from a-nātha] m. ‘giver of cakes or food to the poor’, Name of a merchant (in whose garden Śākyamuni used to instruct his disciples).
Anāthapiṇḍada (अनाथपिण्डद):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-daḥ) The name of a celebrated merchant, the owner of the garden Jetavana near Śrāvasti, where the Buddha Sākyamuni used to explain his doctrine to his disciples. He was also called anāthapiṇḍika. E. anātha and piṇḍa-da ‘giving food to the poor’.
Anāthapiṇḍada (अनाथपिण्डद):—[(anātha + piṇḍada [piṇḍa + da]]) m. den Hülflosen Speise gebend, ein Beiname des reichen Sudatta, eines eifrigen Anhängers von Śākyamuni, in dessen Garten in der Nähe von Śrāvastī dieser seine Lehre verkündete, [Burnouf I, 22. 24, Nalopākhyāna 1.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa 2.]
Anāthapiṇḍada (अनाथपिण्डद):—und piṇḍika m. Beiname Sudatta's.
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.
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Partial matches: Pindada, Anatha, Da, Ta.
Starts with: Anathapindadasyarama.
Full-text (+20): Gei gu du, Sudatta, A na ta bin tu ta, Gei gu du zhang zhe, Anathapindika, Gei gu du yuan, Bin chi, Gei gu, A na tuo bin tu tuo, A na ta bin tu jie li he ba di, A na ta bin di, A nan bin di, Qi shu gei gu du yuan, Cap doc, Cap co, Co doc vien, Supriya, Devadatta, San mo jie, Qi tuo yuan.
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Taisho: Chinese Buddhist Canon
Sutta 8: Anathapindada's Merit < [Part 125 - Ekottara-Agama (Numbered Discourses)]
Sutta 5: Anathapindada's Benevolence < [Part 125 - Ekottara-Agama (Numbered Discourses)]
Sutta 4: Supporting the Sangha < [Part 125 - Ekottara-Agama (Numbered Discourses)]
Stupas in Orissa (Study) (by Meenakshi Chauley)
History, Culture and Antiquities of Tamralipta
Buddhacarita (by Charles Willemen)
Chapter XVIII - The Conversion of Anāthapiṇḍada < [Fascicle Four]
Chapter XX - Acceptance of the Jetavana Pure Abode < [Fascicle Four]
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 1 - Country of Shi-lo-fu-shi-ti (Shravasti) < [Book VI - Four Countries]
The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King (A Life of Buddha) (by Samuel Beal)
Varga 18. Conversion of the 'Supporter of the Orphans and Destitute' < [Kiouen IV]
Lives of Buddha (5): Cung-pen-k’i-king < [Introduction]
Varga 20. Receiving the Jetavana Vihāra < [Kiouen IV]