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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

Khuramala or Khuramali.—A sea. Once, merchants travelling from Bharukaccha lost their way in it and were rescued by Supparaka. In the sea were fishes with bodies like men and sharp razor like snouts. J.iv.139.

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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).

India history and geography

Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early Buddhism

Khuramāla (खुरमाल) is the name of a sea situated in Aparāntaka (western district) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—Khurāmāla, a sea. Merchants who set sail from Bharukaccha had to go through the Khuramāla sea. Here, it is stated, fishes with bodies like men, and sharp razor-like spouts, dive in and out of the water (cf. Suppāraka Jātaka).

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

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

Khuramāla refers to: N. of an ocean, in °samudda J. IV, 137;

Note: khuramāla is a Pali compound consisting of the words khura and māla.

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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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Partial matches: Khura, Maala, Mala.

Full-text: Khuramali.

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