In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

An arahant. He was born in Pava in the family of a Malla chieftain, and was called Khandasumana because, on his birthday, molasses and jasmine appeared in his house. Having heard the Buddha preaches in Cundas mango grove at Pava, he entered the Order and became an arahant.

In the past he had built a railing of sandalwood round the thupa of Padumuttara Buddha. In the time of Kassapa Buddha he was unable to get any flowers, the king having bought them all for his offerings; he therefore bought a khandasumana flower at a great price and offered it at the thupa of the Buddha (Thag.96; ThagA.i.198).

He is probably identical with Saparivariya Thera of the Apadana (Ap.i.172). His Apadana verses are almost the same as those attributed to Nandiya Thera. See ThagA.i.82.

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

[Pali to Burmese]

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

khaṇḍasumana—

(Burmese text): ခဏ္ဍသုမနထေရ်။

(Auto-Translation): The text "ခဏဍသမနထေရ။" translates to "Momentous moment."

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Khandasakkhara, Sumana.

Starts with: Khandasumanatthera.

Full-text: Khandasumanatthera, Samagga, Pava.

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