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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A brigand, who set up his stronghold between Anuradhapura and Cetiyagiri. He once came with his followers to plunder Cetiyagiri monastery, but Dighabhanaka Abhaya Thera (q.v. ), hearing of his intentions, gave orders that the robbers should be given a meal of the monastery food. This so pleased Corabhaya that from that time he undertook to provide safe passage for all pilgrims to Cetiyagiri (Sp.ii.474).

Corabhaya is generally classed with Coranaga and, both are said to have been born after death in Lokantarikaniraya with bodies three gavutas in height. AA.ii.532; MA.ii.920; DA.ii.433.

context information

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

[Pali to Burmese]

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

corabhaya—

(Burmese text): ခိုးသူ-မှ-ကြောင့်-ဖြစ်သော ဘေး၊ ခိုးသူဟူသော ဘေး၊ ခိုးသူဘေး။

(Auto-Translation): The danger caused by a thief, the danger known as a thief, the threat of a thief.

context information

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: Bhaya, Cora.

Starts with: Corabhayabhava.

Full-text: Corabhayabhava, Lokantaraniraya.

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