Bhagga, Bhaggā: 5 definitions
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe name of a tribe and a country, the capital of which was Sumsumaragiri (q.v.).
The Buddha went there several times in the course of his wanderings (e.g., A.ii.61, A.iv.85, etc.; Vin.ii.127; iv. 115, 198) and three rules for the monks were laid down there (Vin.v.145).
Bodhirajakumara (q.v. 1), son of Udena of Kosambi, lived there, apparently as his fathers viceroy, in which case the Bhagga were subject to Kosambi. The C.H.I. (i.175) says that the Bhagga were members of the Vajjian confederacy.
The Bhagga country lay between Vesali and Savatthi.
It was while sojourning in the Bhagga country that Moggallana was attacked by Mara entering into his stomach (M.i.332), and it was there that he preached the Anumana Sutta (M.i.95). Sirimanda and the parents of Nakula were inhabitants of the Bhagga country, and Sigalapita (ThagA.i.70) went there in order to meditate; there he became an arahant.
In the Apadana (Ap.ii.359) the Bhagga are mentioned with the Karusa.
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 BuddhismBhagga (भग्ग) or Bharga was an ancient state dependent of Vatsa or Vaṃsa: one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas of the 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).—The kingdom of the Vaṃsas or Vatsas is mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya as one of the sixteen great countries of India. The Bhagga (i.e. Bharga) state of Suṃsumāragiri was a dependency of the Vatsa kingdom (Jātaka No. 353). This is confirmed by the Mahābhārata and the Harivaṇśa which testify to the close association of these two realms.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarybhagga : (pp. of bhañjati) broken; destroyed.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary1) Bhagga, 2 (nt.) (fr. bhaga; cp. Sk. & P. bhāgya) fortune, good luck, welfare, happiness Vism. 210 (akāsi °ṃ ti garū ti Bhāgyavā etc.). (Page 496)
2) Bhagga, 1 (pp. of bhañj, Sk. bhagna) broken, in phrases “sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā” J. I, 493, which is applied metaphorically at Dh. 154 (phāsukā=pāpakā?), explained DhA. III, 128 (artificially) by “avasesa-kilesa-phāsukā bhaggā”; further “bhaggā pāpakā dhammā” Vism. 211; bhaggā kilesā Miln. 44; and bhagga-rāga, °dosa etc. (in def. of Bhagavā) at Nd1 142=Nd2 466 B, quoted at Vism. 211. (Page 496)
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Bhagga (भग्ग) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Bhagna.
2) Bhagga (भग्ग) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Bhāgya.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Bhaggachura, Bhaggane, Bhaggava, Bhaggavagotta, Bhaggavant, Bhaggavesa, Bhaggavi.
Ends with: Abhagga, Akkhabhagga, Dobbhagga, Dubbhagga, Dubhagga, Labhagga, Nibbhagga, Obhagga, Pabhagga, Padibhagga, Paribhagga, Sambhagga, Sampalibhagga, Sobhagga, Subhagga, Vibhagga.
Full-text: Sumsumaragiri, Bharga, Karusa, Bhagya, Sambhagga, Bhesakalavana, Bhagna, Akkhabhagga, Obhagga, Bhesakala, Phasu, Phasuka, Anumana Sutta, Kesaputta, Vatsa, Vamsha, Allakappa, Nakulapita.
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Search found 13 books and stories containing Bhagga, Bhaggā; (plurals include: Bhaggas, Bhaggās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
A Historical Study of Kaushambi (by Nirja Sharma)
Political History of Vatsa < [Chapter 2]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.16.5 < [Chapter 16 - The Srī Yamunā Armor]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 153-154 - Venerable Ānanda’s Stanzas < [Chapter 11 - Jarā Vagga (Old Age)]
Verse 227-230 - The Story of Atula the Lay Disciple < [Chapter 17 - Kodha Vagga (Anger)]
Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules) (by I. B. Horner)
Vinaya Pitaka (4): Parivara (by I. B. Horner)
Monks’ Analysis: on the Laying-Down-Where (Sekhiya) < [1.1. Monks’ Analysis: on the Laying-Down-Where]
Monks’ Analysis: on the Laying-Down-Where (Pācittiya) < [1.1. Monks’ Analysis: on the Laying-Down-Where]
Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Cullavagga, Khandaka 5, Chapter 21 < [Khandaka 5 - On the Daily Life of the Bhikkhus]
Cullavagga, Khandaka 5, Chapter 22 < [Khandaka 5 - On the Daily Life of the Bhikkhus]