Culabhayasumana, Cūḷābhayasumana: 1 definition

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Culabhayasumana 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.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A Thera who lived in the Mahavihara in the time of King Bhatiya.

He was an authority on the Vinaya, and a story is related in the Samantapasadika (Sp.ii.305f) of how he was consulted by a monk who having picked up in a crowd a robe that fell from the shoulders of another monk concealed it, but later wished to return it to the owner.

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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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