Anganika Bharadvaja, Aṅganika-bhāradvāja: 1 definition

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Anganika Bharadvaja 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»] — Anganika Bharadvaja in Theravada glossary
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

Son of a very rich brahmin in Ukkattha, near the Himalaya. Having learnt all the arts and sciences, he left the world and practised penance for the purpose of obtaining immortality. He met the Buddha in the course of his wanderings and, having entered the Order, in due course acquired six fold abhinna.

Later he lived in a forest near the village of Kundiya of the Kurus, and the verses ascribed to him in the Theragatha (vv.219-21.; ThagA.i.339-41) were spoken at Uggarama, near by, to some brahmin acquaintances who had come from Uttarapatha.

In a previous birth he had met Sikhi Buddha and paid homage to him.

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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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