Dhammabhandagarika, Dhammabhaṇḍāgārika, Dhammabhandāgārika, Dhamma-bhandagarika: 5 definitions

Introduction
In Buddhism
1. Theravada
Languages
1. Pali
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Introduction:

Dhammabhandagarika 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)

A name given to Ananda (q.v.).

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

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

dhammabhaṇḍāgārika : (m.) the treasurer of the Norm.

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

Dhammabhaṇḍāgārika refers to: treasurer of the Dh., an Ep. of Ānanda Th.1, 1048; J.I, 382, 501; II, 25; DhA.III, 250; PvA.2.

Note: dhammabhaṇḍāgārika is a Pali compound consisting of the words dhamma and bhaṇḍāgārika.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

dhammabhaṇḍāgārika (ဓမ္မဘဏ္ဍာဂါရိက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[dhammabhaṇḍāgāra+ṇika]
[ဓမ္မဘဏ္ဍာဂါရ+ဏိက]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

dhammabhaṇḍāgārika—

(Burmese text): တရားဘဏ္ဍာတိုက်-၌ ယှဉ်-ကို အစိုးရ-သော၊ တရားဘဏ္ဍာစိုးဖြစ်သော၊ သူ။

(Auto-Translation): The one who is a government official in the judicial bank - is the person who possesses judicial authority.

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

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.

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