Cinca Manavika, Ciñcā-mānavikā, Cincamanavika, Ciñcamāṇavikā: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Cinca Manavika means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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)
A paribbajika of some ascetic Order. When the heretics of this Order found that their gains were grown less owing to the popularity of the Buddha, they enlisted the support of Cinca in their attempts to discredit him. She was very beautiful and full of cunning, and they persuaded her to pretend to pay visits to the Buddha at Jetavana. She let herself be seen going towards the vihara in the evening, spent the night in the heretics quarters near by, and in the morning men saw her returning from the direction of the vihara. When questioned, she said that she had passed the night with the Buddha. After some months she simulated pregnancy by tying a disc of wood round her body and appearing thus before the Buddha, as he preached to a vast congregation, she charged him with irresponsibility and callousness in that he made no provision for her confinement. The Buddha remained silent, but Sakkas throne was heated and he caused a mouse to sever the cords of the wooden disc, which fell to the ground, cutting Cincas toes. She was chased out of the vihara by those present, and as she stepped outside the gate the fires of the lowest hell swallowed her up (DhA.iii.178f; J.iv.187f; ItA.69).
In a previous birth, too, she had helped in various ways to harm the Bodhisatta. For details see:
Culla Paduma Jataka (No.193)
Maha Paduma Jataka (No.472)
Bandhana mokkha Jataka (No.120)
Vanarinda Jataka (No.57)
Vessantara Jataka (No.547)
Sumsumara Jataka (No.208)
Suvannakakkata Jataka (No. 389)
It is stated (Ap.i.299; UdA.263f) that the Buddha was subjected to the ignominy of being charged by Cinca with incontinence, because in a previous birth he had reviled a Pacceka Buddha. v.l. Cinci; cp. Sundari.
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
ciñcamāṇavikā (စိဉ္စမာဏဝိကာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[ciñcā+māṇavikā]
[စိဉ္စာ+မာဏဝိကာ]
[Pali to Burmese]
ciñcamāṇavikā—
(Burmese text): စိဉ္စမာဏဝိကာမည်သော မိန်းမ။ မူရင်းကြည့်ပါ။
(Auto-Translation): The woman named Sin Samana Wika. Please refer to the original.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Ciñcamāṇavikā (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 戰遮 [zhàn zhē]: “Ciñca-Māṇavikā” [Sanskrit personal name].
2) 旃遮 [zhān zhē]: “Cañca”; “Cañcā”; “Ciñcā”; “Ciñca-Māṇavikā”; “Sundarī” [Sanskrit personal name].
3) 旃闍 [zhān dū]: “Ciñca-Māṇavikā” [Sanskrit personal name].
Note: ciñcamāṇavikā can be alternatively written as: ciñca-māṇavikā.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Manavika, Cinca.
Full-text: Zhan zhe, Chien xa, Zhan du, Khandadeviyaputta, Amittatapana, Tian di hua shu, Suvannakakkata Jataka, Mahapaduma-jataka, Avici.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
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Maha Buddhavamsa—The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 4 - Story of Cincamana (Cincamanavika) < [Chapter 25 - The Buddha’s Seventh Vassa]
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A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)