Arunavati, Arunavatī: 2 definitions

Introduction:

Arunavati means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

1. Arunavati - The city and the country of King Arunava, and the birthplace of Sikhi Buddha (Bu.xxi.15). It was from there that Sikhi and Abhibhu went to the Brahma world to preach to Brahma and his attendants (S.i.155f). At that time Salalapupphiya Thera was a confectioner in Arunavati (Ap.i.218). See also Arunapura.

2. Arunavati - A vihara in the village of Itthakavati in Magadha. Sariputta once lived there (PvA.67).

Arunavati Sutta - Records the incident of the visit of Abhibhu to the Brahma world (S.i.154f., etc.; see Abhibhu 1). Abhibhu chose as his theme action and energy, and the verses he uttered on that occasion, beginning Arabhatha, nikkhamatha, yunjatha buddhasasane are often quoted.

Buddhaghosa says (SA.i.172-3) that Abhibhu chose this theme out of all the doctrines to be found in the Tipitaka because he knew that the subject would commend itself to all his hearers, human and non human.

Milakkhatissa Thera of Ceylon, hearing a novice in Pacinapabbata recite the Arunavati Sutta, listened to the stanzas, and feeling that they had been preached to encourage zealous monks like himself, he exerted himself and became an anagami. Soon afterwards he became an arahant (AA.i.21-2).

3) See also Arunavati Sutta

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

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Arunavati in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Aruṇavati (अरुणवति).—some kind of perfume: Gaṇḍavyūha 153.15 (prose) °vati-gandharāja-.

context information

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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