Avidure-nidana, Avidūre-nidāna, Avidurenidana: 3 definitions
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Avidure-nidana 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)
The story of Gotama the Buddha, from the time of his leaving the Tusita heaven until the attainment of his Enlightenment at the foot of the Bodhi tree, is called Avidure Nidana (J.i.2;47-77).
The whole of the story agrees word for word with the account given in the Madhuratthavilasini,
Buddhaghosas Commentary on the Buddhavamsa; possibly they were both drawn from the same source. PLC.125-6.
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
avidūrenidāna (အဝိဒူရေနိဒါန) [(na) (န)]—
[avidūre+nidāna]
[အဝိဒူရေ+နိဒါန]
[Pali to Burmese]
avidūrenidāna—
(Burmese text): အဝိဒူရေနိဒါန်း၊ (ဒေသနာတော်ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာခြင်း၏) မနီးမဝေးဖြစ်သော အကြောင်း။
(Auto-Translation): The close and distant causes of the emergence of the phenomenon (of reality).
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: Avidure, Nidana.
Full-text (+1): Nidanakatha, Hastigarbha, Suryobhasa, Candrobhasa, Shakrabhilagna, Suprabhasa, Amritashmagarbha, Suryavikranta, Uragagarbha, Candanaprabha, Gajapati, Shirigarbha, Talika, Lohitaksha, Sucandra, Samantacandra, Jyotiprabhasa, Maheshvaradanta, Gomedaka, Shasha.
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Apadana commentary (Atthakatha) (by U Lu Pe Win)
Lay-Life of India as reflected in Pali Jataka (by Rumki Mondal)
Part 7 - Introduction to the Jātakamālā < [Chapter 1 - Jātaka: An Integral Part of Pāli Tipiṭaka]
Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)