Hemavata, Hemavatā: 2 definitions
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Hemavata 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 NamesHemavata 1. A river (J.iv.437, 438). See the Bhallatiya Jataka.
Hemavata 2. A heretical sect in Jambudipa (Mhv.v.12; Dpv.v.54).
They were so called because they lived on Mount Himavata (Rockhill, Life of Buddha, p.184).
They held that a Bodhisatta was not an ordinary mortal, that even a tirthaka could have the five abhinna, that the puggala is separate from the khandhas. Ibid., 190.
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A Yakkha chief, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need (D.iii.204).
He was present at the preaching of the Mahasamaya Sutta (D.ii.256).
He was the friend of Satagira (q.v. for his story).
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).
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraHemavata (हेमवत) is the name of a Yakṣa, according to the Suttanipāta and Udāna commentaries, as mentioned in an appendix of the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36.—Sātāgira and Hemavata who were flying to an assembly of yakṣas were stopped in full flight and forced to land because, if they had continued on their route, they would have passed above the Buddha: cf. Commentary on the Suttanipāta, I, p. 221–223; Commentary on the Udāna, p. 64.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Hemavata Sutta, Hemavataka.
Full-text: Satagira, Satagira Sutta, Isadanta, Hemavata Sutta, Dhammavadi, Adhammavadi, Satagiri, Ajakalapaka, Alavaka Sutta, Kali, Shona.
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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Chapter 10 - Hemavata Sutta (the story of Sātāgiri Deva and Hemavata Deva) < [Volume 2.2]
Biography (17): Soṇa Kuṭikaṇṇa Mahāthera < [Chapter 43 - Forty-one Arahat-Mahatheras and their Respective Etadagga titles]
Biography (10): Kālī, the Female Disciple of Kararaghara < [Chapter 45b - Life Stories of Female Lay Disciples]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 2 - The Anavolokitamūrdhatā (invisible cranial summit) < [Chapter XXXVI - The eight recollections (anusmṛti or anussati)]
The Catu-Bhanavara-Pali (critical study) (by Moumita Dutta Banik)
(8) Atanatiya-sutta < [Chapter 4 - Subject Matter of the Third Bhanavara]
The Book of Protection (by Piyadassi Thera)
Discourse 24 - Discourse On Atanatiya < [Discourses]
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)