Lumbini, Lumbinī: 12 definitions
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Lumbini means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
A park situated between Kapilavatthu and Devadaha. It was there that the Buddha was born. (J.i.52, 54; Kvu.97, 559; AA.i.10; MA.ii.924; BuA.227; Cv.li.10, etc.). A pillar now marks the spot of Asokas visit to Lumbini. According to an inscription on the pillar, it was placed there by the people then in charge of the park to commemorate Asokas visit and gifts (See Mukerji: Asoka, p.27; see p.201f for details). The park is now known as Rummindei, inside the Nepal frontier and two miles north of Bhagavanpura.
In the Sutta Nipata (vs. 683) it is stated that the Buddha was born in a village of the Sakyans, in the Lumbineyya Janapada. The Buddha stayed in Lumbinivana during his visit to Devadaha and there preached the Devadaha Sutta. MA.ii.810.
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)
Lumbinī (लुम्बिनी) or Lumbinīvana is the name of an ancient forest, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]— [...] (6). The Buddha has no unconsidered equanimity.—He has no unconsidered equanimity.—[...] [Question].—What are the reasons why he leaves them knowingly? [Answer].—In the middle of the great assemblies, the Buddha is tired and that is why he wants to rest for a while. Furthermore, from lifetime to lifetime, the Buddha has always liked solitude (naiṣkramya). When, as a Bodhisattva, he was in his mother’s womb (mātṛkukṣi), his mother loved solitude as well, and it was at forty li from the capital, in the forest of Lumbinīvana she gave birth to him. [...]”.
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.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Lumbini is Buddhas Birthplace.
India history and geography
Lumbini refers to one of the world’s most important pilgrimage sites is in the Rupandehi District of Nepal, 22 kilometres west of Bhairahawa. This significant Buddhist sites centres around the Maya Devi Temple, the pillar of Ashoka, and the foundations of many ancient stupas and monasteries. Various phases of development works were executed by the United Nations Development Programme and the Nepal government to restore the Lumbini Garden and the surrounding areas. Lumbini is not only a place for pilgrims and tourists, but rather for anyone who appreciates spirituality, meditation, and peace. Lumbini is also where the second World Peace Stupa in Nepal is located, among the 80 built around the world in Europe, Asia, and the United States.
The Lumbini Monastic Sites is an area situated in the middle of Lumbini, between the Sacred Garden and the New Lumbini Village. Divided by a canal, it is separated into two zones, the East Monastic zone for Theravadan monasteries and the West Monastic zone for Mahayana monasteries, with a total of 42 plots for the construction of these monasteries. The attractions in the East Monastic zone are the various monasteries built in various architectural styles or according to the tradition of the country of origin. The first monastery one will come across is the Royal Thai Monastery designed and built according to typical Thai architecture.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Lumbinī (लुम्बिनी).—Name of a grove and the birthplace of Gautama Buddha; सान्तःपुरना देवी कदाचिदथ लुम्बिनीं (sāntaḥpuranā devī kadācidatha lumbinīṃ) (jagāma) Bu. Ch.1.23.
Lumbinī (लुम्बिनी).—(1) (= Pali id.) name of the grove where Śākyamuni was born: Lalitavistara 78.19; 79.11, 16; 81.8 (°nīye, loc. sg., attributed to a non-existent adj. lumbinīya in [Boehtlingk and Roth]); 91.16; all these verses, also, with °ni m.c., 234.19; 252.19; 411.21; °nī Mahāvastu iii.112.9; Mahāvyutpatti 4123; Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 82.1; often °nī-vana, Mahāvastu i.149.3; ii.18.10 ff.; 145.6; Divyāvadāna 389.16; Gaṇḍavyūha 365.5, etc.; (2) seemingly, name of a tree, = plakṣa: dadarśa 'tha lumbinīṃ Mahāvastu i.99.8 (verse), followed by tasyāḥ śākhāṃ…(the subject is Māyā, in the Lumbinī grove); see also lumba; (3) name of a class of deities: Mahāsamājasūtra, Waldschmidt, Kl. Sanskrit Texte 4, 191.1 lumbinī lumbinī- śreṣṭhā(ḥ); confirmed Tibetan
Lumbini (लुम्बिनि):—f. (mc.) or f(ī). Name of a princess and a grove named after her, [Buddhist literature] (cf. [Monier-Williams’ Buddhism 389]).
Lumbinī (लुम्बिनी):—f. Nomen proprium einer Fürstin und eines nach ihr benannten Haines [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 89, 13. 90, 7. 12. 104, 14. 289, 10. 317, 9] (lumbini aus metrischen Rücksichten). [Burnouf 382.] [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 233 3]). Davon adj. lumbinīya [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 92, 13.]
Lumbini (लुम्बिनि):—(metrisch) und lumbinī f. Nomen proprium einer Fürstin und eines nach ihr benannten Haines.
Lumbinī (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 嵐毘 [lán pí]: “Lumbinī” [Sanskrit place name].
2) 嵐毘尼 [lán pí ní]: “Lumbinī” [Sanskrit place name].
3) 嵐鞞尼 [lán bǐng ní]: “Lumbinī” [Sanskrit place name].
4) 林微尼 [lín wēi ní]: “Lumbinī” [Sanskrit place name].
5) 林毘尼 [lín pí ní]: “Lumbinī” [Sanskrit place name].
6) 樓毘 [lóu pí]: “Lumbinī” [Sanskrit place name].
7) 樓毘尼 [lóu pí ní]: “Lumbinī” [Sanskrit place name].
8) 流彌儞 [liú mí nǐ]: “Lumbinī” [Sanskrit place name].
9) 流彌尼 [liú mí ní]: “Lumbinī” [Sanskrit place name].
10) 流毘尼 [liú pí ní]: “Lumbinī” [Sanskrit place name].
11) 留毘尼 [liú pí ní]: “Lumbinī” [Sanskrit place name].
12) 臘伐尼 [là fá ní]: “Lumbinī” [Sanskrit place name].
13) 藍毘尼 [lán pí ní]: “Lumbinī” [Sanskrit place name].
14) 論民 [lùn mín]: “Lumbinī” [Sanskrit place name].
15) 龍彌儞 [lóng mí nǐ]: “Lumbinī” [Sanskrit place name].
16) 斷 [duàn]: “eliminate (permanently)”.
17) 樂勝 [lè shèng]: “pleasure exceeds”.
18) 滅 [miè]: “annihilate”; “nihilism”.
19) 解脫處 [jiě tuō chù]: “point of liberation”.
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.
Pali-English dictionary
lumbinī (လုမ္ဗိနီ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[uba+ṇī+inī．lumbinī-saṃ．sakkatapiṭaka．]
[လုဗ+ဏီ+ဣနီ။ လုမ္ဗိနီ-သံ။ သက္ကတပိဋက။]
[Pali to Burmese]
lumbinī—
(Burmese text): လုမ္ဗိနီ-အင်ကြင်းတော-ဥယျာဉ်၊ လုမ္ဗိနီမည်သော-မင်္ဂလာ အင်ကြင်းဥယျာဉ်၊ လုမ္ဗိနီမည်သော-မင်္ဂလာအင်ကြင်းပင်-မင်္ဂလာအင်ကြင်းဥယျာဉ်။ မူရင်းကြည့်ပါ။
(Auto-Translation): Lumbini - Sacred Garden, Lumbini known as - The Garden of Happiness, Lumbini known as - The Tree of Happiness - The Garden of Happiness. Please refer to the original.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Uba, Ini, Mi, Ni.
Starts with (+0): Lumbini Park, Lumbinikanana, Lumbinisalavanuyyana, Lumbinishreshtha, Lumbinivana, Lumbiniya.
Full-text (+78): Lumbinivana, Lin pi ni, La fa ni, Lan pi ni, Liu pi ni, Lun min, Lumbineyya, Lou pi, Liu mi ni, Lumbinikanana, Lumbiniya, Lin wei ni, Lan pi ni yuan, Lan pi, Long mi ni, Lumbinisalavanuyyana, Lam ty ni, Lumba, Butaula, Luu ty ni.
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