Kharodaka, Khārodakā, Khārodaka, Khara-odaka: 5 definitions

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Kharodaka 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 Names

A river in Avici, flowing alongside the Asipattavana. M.iii.185; SNA.ii.479.

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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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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Kharodaka in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

1) Khārodakā (खारोदका) or Khārodakānadī or Vaitaraṇī refers to the “salt river” and represents one of the four utsadas of the Avīci hell according to the “world of transmigration” section in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXVII).—Accordingly, “the damned enter the salt river [Khārodakā-nadī or Vaitaraṇī], which they enter and are swept downstream. When they emerge, they tread on a ground of burning iron. Walking on iron spines (ayaḥkhaṇṭaka) and sitting on iron spikes (ayaḥstambha) that enter them from behind. The guardians open their mouths with pliers and pour in molten copper; they make them swallow flaming balls of iron; these balls enter and burn their mouth (mukha), penetrate into and burn the throat (kaṇṭha); they penetrate into and burn the belly; the five viscera (read tsang, 130 and 18) having been burned, they fall to the ground”.

2) Khārodakā (खारोदका) or Vaitaraṇī refers to the “forest of iron spines” and is one of the “eight hells of fire and flame” forming part of the sixteen utsadas (secondary hells) sitauted outside of the eight great hells, according to the “world of transmigration” section in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXVII).—Accordingly, “in their previous lives, these unfortunates had wounded and killed water animals, fish or turtles; they had pushed people to fall into the water; they had thrown them into boiling water or into ice-water. They suffer this punishment for all these evil acts”.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kharodaka in Pali glossary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Khārodaka refers to: an alkaline solution Vism. 264, 420; DhA. I, 189; PvA. 213; cp. khārodikā nadī (in Niraya) Sdhp. 194. (Page 236)

Note: khārodaka is a Pali compound consisting of the words khāra and odaka.

[Pali to Burmese]

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

1) kharodaka—

(Burmese text): (၁) ကြမ်းတမ်းသော-အစီးသန်သော-ရေအယဉ်။ (တိ) (၂) ကြမ်းတမ်းသော ရေအယဉ်ရှိသော (မြစ်)။

(Auto-Translation): (1) Rough - thick - water texture. (Exact) (2) Rough water texture (river).

2) khārodaka—

(Burmese text): (၁) (က) ဆားငန်ရေ။ (ခ) ခါးသောရေ။ (၂) ဆပ်ပြာရည်။ (၃) ပြာရည်။ (တိ) (၄) ငန်သောရေရှိသော။ ခါရ-(၄)-လည်းကြည့်။ ခါရ-(၁)-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): (1) (a) Saline water. (b) Bitter water. (2) Soap solution. (3) Phenolphthalein solution. (4) Water that has salt. Look at (4). Look at (1).

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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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