Kolankola, Kolaṅkola: 3 definitions
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Kolankola 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: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines'passing from one noble family to another', is the name for one of the 3 kinds of Sotāpanna.
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).
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraKolaṅkola (कोलङ्कोल) in Pali or Kulaṃkula in Sanskrit refers to one of the eighteen śaikṣa types of the twenty-seven total classes of individuals (pudgala), as mentioned in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36. In contrast to the Pṛthagjana ‘the worldly’, the Āryas who have entered onto the Path (mārga) and who make up the holy Community (saṃgha), are arranged into various groups. Kolaṅkola is one that is “passing from family to family among gods and men and attaining Nirvāṇa after two or three rebirths”.
The list of the twenty-seven individuals [viz., Kolaṅkola] is one of the masterpieces of the Sarvāstivādin-Vaibhaṣika Abhidharma which, with the help of the canonical sources, has located them precisely along the Path to Nirvāṇa. (cf. Vibhāṣā, Saṃyuktābhidharmasāra and Abhidharmāmṛta). The Prajñāpāramitās have used the preceding sources broadly to establish their twenty categories of saints, but the end-point of the career is no longer the entry into Nirvāṇa but the arrival at the state of Buddha by the conquest of Anuttarasaṃyaksaṃbodhi.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryKolaṅkola, (der. fr. kula) going from kula to kula (clan to clan) in saṃsāra: A. I, 233=Pug. 16; S. V, 205; Nett 189, cp. A. IV, 381; A. V, 120. (Page 229)
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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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 146 - The Story of the Companions of Visākhā < [Chapter 11 - Jarā Vagga (Old Age)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 11 - The various groups of noble individuals (āryas) < [Chapter XXXVI - The eight recollections (anusmṛti or anussati)]
Dasabhumika Sutra (translation and study) (by Hwa Seon Yoon)
Part 2 - Bhumi Doctrine and the Theravada Scheme Leading to Nibbana < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]