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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA village in the Magadha country, three gavuta from Rajagaha. Between it and Rajagaha is the river Sappini, which rises in the Gijjhakuta (Vin.i.109; Vin. Texts i.254, n.2). Once the Buddha went from Benares to Andhakavinda with 1,250 monks, and many people followed them carrying cartloads of provisions that they might feed them in turn. There were so many awaiting their turn that a certain brahmin (referred to as Andhakavindabrahmana) had to wait two months for his to come round. At the end of two months, finding that his own affairs were going to ruin and that there was no likelihood of his turn coming soon, the brahmin went to the provision room to see what deficiency he could possibly supply. Seeing there neither rice, milk, nor honey lumps, he approached Ananda, and having, through him, obtained the Buddhas permission, the brahmin prepared a meal of milk rice and honey lumps for the Buddha and the monks. At the conclusion of the meal the Buddha spoke of the tenfold good qualities of milk rice. Vin.i.220f.; it was this praise uttered by the Buddha that made Visakha ask him, as a favour, that she should be allowed to supply milk rice to the monks throughout her life (ibid., 293); see also UdA.112.
During the same visit of the Buddha, a newly converted minister of the district prepared meat dishes for the fraternity, but being disappointed that the monks, who had had a meal of solid milk rice earlier, could not eat large quantities of his dishes, he was rather rude to them. Later he expressed remorse, and the Buddha assured him that heaven would be his inheritance (Vin.i.222f. This was the occasion for the rule that monks who have been invited to a meal in one place should not accept milk rice somewhere else earlier in the same day.). It was on the way back from Andhakavinda to Rajagaha that the Buddha met Belattha Kaccana (Vin.i.224f).
Once when the Buddha was staying at Andhakavinda the Brahma Sahampati came and lighted the place with his effulgent beauty till late at night; then he sought the Buddha and sang before him verses of exhortation meant for the monks, urging them to lead the holy life (S.i.154). Here, too, the Buddha mentioned to Ananda the necessity of admonishing and encouraging new members of the Order with regard to five things: good conduct, control of the faculties of sense, abstinence from too much talking, love of solitude and the cultivation of right views (A.iii.138-9; referred to in Sp.iv.789). Once in Andhakavinda the Buddha suffered from disease of the wind. Ananda was asked to obtain gruel for the complaint. The wife of the village physician supplied the gruel with great devotion, and as a result was born in Tavatimsa, where her abode was known as the Kanjikadayika vimana (VvA.185-6). Another lay devotee built a Gandhakuti for the Buddha at Andhakavinda,
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
Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early BuddhismAndhakavinda (अन्धकविन्द) is the name of an ancient locality 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).—To the east of Rājagaha was the Brahmin village of Ambasaṇḍa. Once the Buddha dwelt at Andhakavinda in Magadha. It is said that the Brahmā Sahampati saw the Blessed One there and uttered some verses in his presence.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Andhakavinda Brahmana, Andhakavinda Sutta, Andhakavinda Vagga.
Full-text: Andhakavinda Sutta, Andhakavinda Vagga, Andhakavinda Brahmana, Yagudananumodana Sutta, Suvanna Vimana Vatthu, Sappini, Ambasanda, Deva, Anula, Sahampati.
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Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
Allowance for a “not separated” boundary < [2. Observance (Uposatha)]
The story of Belaṭṭhakaccāna < [6. Medicine (Bhesajja)]
Allowance for conjey and honey-lumps < [6. Medicine (Bhesajja)]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 6 - Growth of the clientele of early Buddhism < [Chapter VII - Sārnāth: The Satellite Religious Centre]
Buddhist Vestiges of Andhradesa < [July – September, 1994]
Buddhist Monastic Discipline (by Jotiya Dhirasekera)
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)