Ancanavana, Anjana Vana, Añcanavana, Anjanavana, Añjanavana, Ancana-vana: 6 definitions
Introduction:
Ancanavana means something in Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Anchanavana.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
See Anjanavana.
A garden at Saketa. In it was a Deer park where the Buddha used to stay. On one such occasion Kakudha came to see him (S.i.54), and also the Paribbajaka Kundaliya (S.v.73) who lived near by. Here were preached the Saketa Sutta, (S.v.219) the Saketa Jataka (J.i.308; DhA.iii.317ff.; SnA.531) and the Jara Sutta.
When Ananda was staying there a nun of the Jatila persuasion visited him and questioned him on the use of samadhi (A.iv.427-8).
The Thera Jambugamiyaputta (ThagA.i.86; SnA.531) dwelt there while yet a novice. Once the Buddha was staying at Anjanavana with a large company of monks and some of the monks slept on the sandbanks of the river Sarabhu near by. During the night floods rose and the Thera Gavampati controlled the water by his mystic powers (Ibid., i.104; Thag.v.38).
The elder Bhuta (ThagA.i.494) stayed in Anjana vana while visiting his relatives in Saketa, and the Thera Anjanavaniya spent the rainy season there on a couch (ThagA.i.127). There Sujata met the Buddha, and having listened to his discourse became an arahant (Thig.vv.145-50).
In ancient times the king of Kosala used to hunt in this garden, thus it was that the deer Nandiya met him (J.iii.270f).
The garden was so called because it was thickly covered with anjanna creepers that bore collyrium coloured flowers. Others say that anjana is the name of a spreading tree (ThagA.i.128; SA.iii.195).
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).
India history and geography
Añjanavana (अञ्जनवन) or Añcanavana is the name of a forest situated in Majjhimadesa (Middle Country) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—The Buddha once dwelt in the Deer Park in the Añjanavana at Sāketa.
Añcanavana (अञ्चनवन) or Añjanavana is the name of a forest situated in Majjhimadesa (Middle Country) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—The Buddha once dwelt in the Deer Park in the Añjanavana at Sāketa.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
añjanavana (အဉ္ဇနဝန) [(na) (န)]—
[añjana+vana]
[အဉ္ဇန+ဝန]
[Pali to Burmese]
añjanavana—
(Burmese text): စိမ်းညိုရောင်အပွင့်ပွင့်သော သစ်ပင်ချုံနွယ်တို့-ကို စိုက်ပျိုးထားရာဖြစ်သော-အရှိများသော-ဥယျာဉ်။ အဉ္ဇနဥယျာဉ်၊ (ဤဥယျာဉ်ကား သာကေတမြိ၌ ရှိသည်၊ သားတို့ကို ဘေးမဲ့ ပေးရာလည်း ဖြစ်သည်)။ အဉ္ဇန-(၄)-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Green-flowered trees are planted in a garden that is abundant with various features. The Aung San Garden, (this garden is located in Sagaing, and also serves as a safe place for children). View Aung San (4).
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Anjana, Vana.
Full-text: Anjanavaniya, Kundaliya, Jambugamiya, Jatilagahi, Jambugamika, Mendasira, Kakudha Sutta, Sarabhu, Bhuta, Gavampati, Saketa Jataka, Kakudha, Mahanaga, Uttara, Vana.
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