Kokanuda: 1 definition
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Kokanuda 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.
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA Paribbajaka. He meets Ananda on the banks of the Tapoda, where they are both bathing, and enters into conversation with him. Kokanuda asks Ananda a series of questions, such as whether the world is eternal, whether the Tathagata lives after death, etc., all of which, Ananda says, are impossible to answer, not because he himself does not know these things, but because he does know them. Finally, Kokanuda asks Ananda who he is, and, on learning his identity, asks his pardon for his questions which he had asked in all ignorance. A.v.196f.
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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Starts with: Kokanuda Sutta.
Full-text: Kokanuda Sutta, Tapoda, Kokanada, Siddhattha.
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