Bhikkhadayaka, Bhikkhādāyaka: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Bhikkhadayaka: Once a man of Rajagaha had just sat down to eat when he saw a monk, who had travelled far, standing outside his house. He emptied his food into the monks bowl. When he died he was reborn in Tavatimsa in a golden palace twelve yojanas in height. Vv.vi.6; VvA.292f.
2. Bhikkhadayaka Thera: An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he gave a spoonful of food to Siddhattha Buddha. Eighty seven kappas ago he was king seven times under the name of Maharenu (Ap.i.140). He is probably identical with Godhika Thera. ThagA.i.124.
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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