Indasamanagotta, Indasamānagotta: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA hermit who lived, with a large number of other anchorites, in the Himalaya. He had a young elephant which he had reared; being headstrong and rough in speech, he would not listen to the warning of his teacher, the Bodhisatta, that it was dangerous to have such a pet. Once while the hermits were away the elephant was seized with a frenzy, and when his master returned it killed him (J.ii.41-3).
Perhaps the mans name was Kosiya, because we are told (J.vi.501) that Inda was of the Kosiyagotta.
Katiyana, who was a brahmin of the Kosiyagotta (ThagA.i.450), is addressed in a verse (416) of the Theragatha as Indasagotta.
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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