Asanabodhiya: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesAn arahant. In Tissa Buddhas time he planted the Asana tree, which was the Buddhas Bodhi tree, and tended it for five years. The Buddha was very pleased with him and foretold for him a glorious future.
For thirty kappas he dwelt among the devas; seventy seven kappas ago he was a cakkavatti named Dandasena, and one kappa later he was seven times king under the name of Samantanemi.
Twenty five kappas ago he was a khattiya, Punnaka by name. Ap.i.110-11.
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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Full-text: Dandasena, Samantanemi, Punnaka.
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Apadana commentary (Atthakatha) (by U Lu Pe Win)
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