Chabbaggiya, Chabbaggiyā: 4 definitions

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Chabbaggiya 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.

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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Chabbaggiya in Theravada glossary

A group of monks, contemporary with the Buddha, frequently mentioned as being guilty of various Vinaya offences. Vin.i.84f, 104, 106, 111, 113, 114, 138, 160, 170, 185, 189, 192, 194, 203f, 216, 285, 306, 316; ii.73, 105ff, 145ff, 213ff, 241, 262, etc.: J.i.191, 217, 360; iii.149; DhA.iii.48f., 330, 382.

Six monks - Assaji, Punabbasu, Panduka, Lohitaka, Mettiya and Bhummaja - were their leaders, hence their name.

There were also nuns in their following, who likewise violated the Vinaya rules in various ways. (Vin.ii.262, 266, 269, 271, 276).

It is said that Assaji and Punabbasu had their headquarters at Kitagiri, Mettiya and Bhummaja(ka) at Rajagaha and Panduka and Lohitaka at Jetavana (J.ii.387).

According to the Samantapasadika (iii.613f) they were all of Savatthi and all originally acquainted. Finding a living hard to obtain, they entered the Order under the two Chief Disciples. They decided among themselves that it was unwise for them all to live in the same place, and they therefore divided into three groups as mentioned above. Each group had five hundred monks attached to it. Of the three groups, the followers of Panduka and Lohitaka were the most virtuous. They remained near the Buddha, accompanying him on his tours. They did not, like the others, transgress Vinaya rules.

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names
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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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[«previous next»] — Chabbaggiya in Pali glossary

chabbaggiya : (adj.) belonging to the group of six.

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

chabbaggiya (ဆဗ္ဗဂ္ဂိယ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[chabbagga+iya.pañcavagge bhavāpañcavaggiyā.evaṃ chabbaggiyā.rū.378.]
[ဆဗ္ဗဂ္ဂ+ဣယ။ ပဉ္စဝဂ္ဂေ ဘဝါပဉ္စဝဂ္ဂိယာ။ ဧဝံ ဆဗ္ဗဂ္ဂိယာ။ ရူ။ ၃၇၈။]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

chabbaggiya—

(Burmese text): ၆-ပါး-အစု-အပေါင်း-အသင်း-၌ဖြစ်သော၊ ဆဗ္ဗဂ္ဂီမည်သော၊ သူ။ မူရင်းကြည့်ပါ။

(Auto-Translation): In the 6-part association, there is a person named Sabbbaggi. Please refer to the original.

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)
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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.

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