Khagga: 5 definitions

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Khagga means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.

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Pali-English dictionary

khagga : (m.) a sword.

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

Khagga, (Sk. khaḍga; perhaps to Lat. clades and gladius; cp. also kūṭa3) 1. a sword (often with dhanu, bow) at D. I, 7 (Dh. I, 89=asi) as one of the forbidden articles of ornament (cp. BSk. khaḍga-maṇi Divy 147, one of the royal insignia);— khaggaṃ bhandati to gird on one’s sword PvA. 154, khaggaṃ sannayhati id. DhA. III, 75; °gāhaka a sword-bearer Miln. 114; °tala sword-blade Mhvs 25, 90.—2. a rhinoceros J. V, 406 (=gavaja), 416; VI, 277 (°miga), 538. In cpd. °visāṇā (cp. BSk. khaḍgaviṣāṇa Divy 294=Sn. 36) the horn of a rh. (: khagga-visāṇaṃ nāma khagga-miga-singaṃ SnA 65) Sn. 35 sq. (N. of Sutta); Nd2 217 (khagga-visāṇa-kappa “like the horn of the rh. ” Ep. of a Paccekabuddha, (cp. Divy 294, 582), also at Vism. 234. (Page 230)

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

1) khagga (ခဂ္ဂ) [(pu,na) (ပု၊န)]—
[khagga+ṇa]
[ခဂ္ဂ+ဏ]

2) khagga (ခဂ္ဂ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[khagga+a.,ṭī.391.]
[ခဂ္ဂ+အ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၃၉၁။]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

1) khagga—

(Burmese text): (၁) သန်လျက်။ (၂) သန်လျက်ဖျား။

(Auto-Translation): (1) Discomfort. (2) Feverish discomfort.

2) khagga—

(Burmese text): (ပု) (၁) ကြံ့။ (၂) ဆူး။ (၃) တိုးပွါးခြင်း။ (၄) ပျက်စီးခြင်း။ (၅) (၅) (သန်လျက်နှင့်တူသော) ကြံ့ချို။ ခဂ္ဂဝိသာဏကပ္ပ-(က)-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): (1) Strong. (2) Sharp. (3) Growth. (4) Destruction. (5) Sturdy sweet (similar to). Look at the Kaggavivada Sutta.

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

Khagga (खग्ग) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Khaḍga.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary
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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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