Dhotaka: 3 definitions
Introduction:
Dhotaka 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)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesOne of Bavaris disciples; he was among those who visited the Buddha at Bavaris request (SN. p.194). The questions he asked of the Buddha on this occasion, and the answers given, are found in the Dhotakamanavapuccha. SN, p.204f; explained at SNA (ii.592f.) and also Chid. (19ff.). He became an arahant.
In the time of Padumuttara Buddha he was a brahmin teacher named Chalanga, with a large following, and he built a bridge over the Bhagirathi for the Buddha and his monks to cross in comfort. Ap.ii.343ff.
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
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarydhotaka (ဓောတက) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[yadicchā]
[ယဒိစ္ဆာနာမ်]
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)dhotaka—
(Burmese text): (၁) ဓောတကအမည်ရှိသော ပုဏ္ဏားလုလင်။ ဓောတကတ္ထေရ-လည်းကြည့်။ (၂) ဓောတကအမည်ရှိသော ထေရ်။ ဓောတကထေရ-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) A frog called Dothaka. Look at the Dothakathare as well. (2) A plant called Dothaka. Look at the Dothakathere as well.
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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