Kundadhanavana, Kundadhānavana: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA forest near the Koliyan village of Kundiya. (DhA.iv.192 calls it Kundikoliya, v.l. Kundikeliya).
It was once the residence of the Yakkha Kunda, who favoured offerings made to him with kunda dhana (vessels containing rice powder?). A woman, who was the head of a village (gamapatika), formed a settlement on a spot indicated by the Yakkha and was guarded by him. She thus came to be known as Kundiya, and when, later, the Koliyan nobles built a city on the same spot, the city was known as Kundiya. In the forest tract the Koliyan nobles built a monastery for the Buddha and his monks. It was while the Buddha was dwelling in this monastery that Suppavasa gave birth to Sivali, after prolonged labour pains, which only ceased after she received the Buddhas blessing (Ud.ii.8; UdA.122; DhA.iv.192f; J.i.407).
v.l. Kunditthana, Kundikana, Kunhana.
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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