Cundi, Cundī, Cumdi, Cún dǐ, Cun di: 10 definitions
Introduction:
Cundi 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chundi.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Cundi - A princess. She visited the Buddha at the Kalandakanivapa in Veluvana, and he preached to her the Cundi Sutta (A.iii.35f). According to the Commentary (AA.ii.596), she was the daughter of Bimbisara. The king gave her five hundred chariots for the use of herself and her companions. She was one of the three women who received this gift from their fathers, the others being Visakha and the princess Sumana. Cundis brother was Cunda. Her name occurs in a list of eminent upasikas. A.iv.347.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Cundī (चुन्दी).—A procuress, bawd.
Cundī (चुन्दी).—f. (-ndī) A procuress, a bawd. E. cud to inquire, affixes kī and ṅīṣ, and num inserted.
Cundī (चुन्दी):—[from cunda] f. a bawd, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Cundī (चुन्दी):—(ndī) 3. f. A procuress.
Cundi (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 準提 [zhǔn tí]: “Cundi” [name of a Deity].
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Cuṃḍi (ಚುಂಡಿ):—[noun] a small well or reservoir.
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Cuṃdi (ಚುಂದಿ):—[noun] a woman who procures men for a prostitute.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
cundī (စုန္ဒီ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[cunda+ī]
[စုန္ဒ+ဤ]
[Pali to Burmese]
cundī—
(Burmese text): စုန္ဒီမင်းသမီး၊ ဗိမ္ဗိသာရမင်း၏ သမီးတော်,စုန္ဒမင်းသား၏နှမတော်။
(Auto-Translation): Princess Sundhi, daughter of King Bhayabhira and sister of Prince Sundama.
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: Di, I, Cun, De, Cunda, Ti.
Starts with: Cumdili, Cun ding ru mu, Cundi Sutta, Cundidevidharani, Cundika.
Full-text (+52): Cundi Sutta, Wai hui cun di, Zhun ti, Da zhun ti, Zhun ti guan yin, Fu mu zhun ti, Zhun zhi guan yin, Zhun zhi, Zhun ni, Qi ju zhi fu mu zun, Zhun ti pu sa, Zhun ti fu mu, Dice, Shunthi, Da zhun ti jing, Zhun ti tuo luo ni jing, Chuan de, Guo ji zhun bei, Zhun ti fu mu fa, Qi fu ju zhi fu mu xin da zhun ti tuo luo ni fa.
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