Kotikarna, Koṭikarṇa: 5 definitions
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraKoṭikarṇa (कोटिकर्ण) (Pāli: Koṭikaṇṇa) is the name of a vaiśya ccording to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XV). Accordingly, “The Buddha Śākyamuni, born in Jambudvīpa, lived in Kapilavastu, but often traveled to the six great cities of eastern India. One day he flew to southern India to the home of the vaiśya Koṭikarṇa, whose veneration he received”.
Note: Koṭikarṇa is a disciple of Mahākātyāyana. Koṭikarṇa went to visit the Buddha who was staying at Śrāvastī in the Jetavana (or, according to the Dharmagupta Vinaya, at Rājagṛha on the Gṛḍhrakūtaparvata). He prostrated before the Buddha and sat down at one side. The Buddha welcomed him in the usual way. Ānanda prepared Koṭikarṇa’s bed in the Buddha’s cell.
According to chapter XLIX, in the Koṭikarṇāvadāna: “the Arhat Yi-eul (Koṭikarṇa) who once had offered a single flower to a stūpa of the Buddha enjoyed happiness among gods and men for ninety-one kalpas; and by virtue of the remainder of his merit (puṇyaśeṣa), he became an Arhat”.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKoṭīkarṇa (कोटीकर्ण).—see Śroṇa Ko°.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKoṭīkarṇa (कोटीकर्ण):—[=koṭī-karṇa] [from koṭī > koṭa] m. Name of Śroṇa, [Divyāvadāna i.]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Full-text: ShronaKotikarna, Palaka, Shona, Dasaka.
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