Maha Moggallana, Mahā Moggallāna, Mahamoggallana: 4 definitions
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
The second of the Chief Disciples of the Buddha. He was born in Kolitagama near Rajagaha, on the same day as Sariputta (they were both older than the Buddha), and was called Kolita after his village. His mother was a brahminee called Moggali (Moggallani), and his father was the chief, householder of the village. Moggallanas and Sariputtas families had maintained an unbroken friendship for seven generations, and so the children were friends from their childhood. Sariputta had five hundred golden palanquins and Moggallana five hundred carriages drawn by thoroughbreds. One day the two friends went together to see a mime play (giraggasamajja), and there, realizing the impermanence of things, decided to renounce the world. They first lived as disciples of Sanjaya, and then wandered all over Jambudipa, discussing with all learned men, but finding no satisfaction. Then they separated, after agreeing that whoever first succeeded in finding what they sought should inform the other.
After some time, Sariputta, wandering about in Rajagaha, met Assaji, was converted by him to the faith of the Buddha, and became a sotapanna. He found Moggallana and repeated the stanza he had heard from Assaji (ye dhamma hetuppabhava, etc.), and Moggallana also became a sotapanna. The two then resolved to visit the Buddha at Veluvana, after an unsuccessful attempt to persuade Sanjaya to accompany them. Sanjayas disciples, however, five hundred in number, agreed to go, and they all arrived at Veluvana. The Buddha preached to them, and ordained them by the ehi bhikkhu pabbajja. All became arahants except Sariputta and Moggallana. Moggallana went to the hamlet of Kallavala (for details see Pacala Sutta, A.iv.85f, where the village is called Kallavalamutta) in Magadha, and there, on the seventh day after his ordination, drowsiness overcame him as he sat meditating. The Buddha knew this, and appearing before him, exhorted him to be zealous. That very day he attained arahantship.
On the day that Sariputta and Moggallana were ordained, the Buddha announced in the assembly of monks that he had assigned to them the place of Chief Disciples and then recited the Patimokkha. The monks were offended that newcomers should be shown such great honour. But the Buddha told them how these two had for a whole asankheyya and one hundred thousand years strenuously exerted themselves to win this great eminence under him. They had made the first resolve in the time of Anomadassi Buddha. Moggallana had been a householder, named Sirivaddha, and Sariputta a householder, called Sarada. Sarada gave away his immense wealth and became an ascetic. The Buddha visited him in his hermitage, where Sarada and his seventy four thousand pupils showed him great honour. Anomadassis chief disciple, Nisabha, gave thanks,
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
mahāmoggallāna (မဟာမောဂ္ဂလ္လာန) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[mahanta+moggallāna]
[မဟန္တ+မောဂ္ဂလ္လာန]
[Pali to Burmese]
mahāmoggallāna—
(Burmese text): မြတ်သော မောဂ္ဂလ္လာန်၊ မဟာမောဂ္ဂလ္လာန်၊ ရှင်မဟာမောဂ္ဂလ္လာန်။မူရင်းကြည့်ပါ
(Auto-Translation): Noble Moggallana, Great Moggallana, Supreme Great Moggallana. 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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Mahāmoggāllana (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 大目揵連 [dà mù qián lián]: “Mahāmaudgalyāyana”; “Mahāmoggāllana” [Sanskrit personal name].
2) 摩訶目犍連 [mó hē mù jiān lián]: “Mahāmaudgalyāyana”; “Mahāmoggāllana” [Sanskrit personal name].
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Moggallana, Maha, Mahanta.
Full-text (+25): Mahamaudgalyayana, Moggali, Paradarika Sutta, Moggallana Sutta, Kolika, Tatiyakandakisutta, Kanavalamutta, Kallavala, Vyakarana Sutta, Candana Sutta, Kolitagama, Nicchavitthiaticarini, Ma ha muc kien lien, Kolita Sutta, Dai muc kien lien, Arannakutika, Aloka-sanna, Ulara Vimana, Mahakassapa, Andabharigamakutaka Sutta.
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The Catu-Bhanavara-Pali (critical study) (by Moumita Dutta Banik)
(3) Mahacunda Thera Bojjhanga < [Chapter 3 - Subject Matter of the Second Bhanavara]
(5) Isigili Sutta < [Chapter 3 - Subject Matter of the Second Bhanavara]
Efficiency of Paritta (Buddhist protecting charms) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Apadana commentary (Atthakatha) (by U Lu Pe Win)
Commentary on the biography of the thera Mahāmoggallāna < [Chapter 1 - Buddhavagga (Buddha section)]
Commentary on the Biography of the thera Ānanda < [Chapter 1 - Buddhavagga (Buddha section)]
Commentary on the biography of the the thera Sāriputta < [Chapter 1 - Buddhavagga (Buddha section)]
Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules) (by I. B. Horner)
Monks’ Expulsion (Pārājika) 4: Case rulings < [Monks’ Expulsion (Pārājika) 4]
Monks’ Formal Meeting (Saṅghādisesa) 6
Monks’ Expulsion (Pārājika) 1: The origin of the Vinaya < [Monks’ Expulsion (Pārājika) 1]
The Life of Sariputta (by Nyanaponika Thera)
Ukkacela Sutta < [Part III - The Further Shore]
Appendix: a note on the relics of Sariputta and Maha Moggallana
Maha Buddhavamsa—The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 2 - The story of Aggidatta < [Chapter 21 - Story of Sumana, Aggidatta and Jambuka]
The Story of Venerable Sāriputta < [Chapter 6 - On Pāramitā]
Part 3 - Story of Māra and Mahā Moggallāna < [Chapter 26 - The Buddha’s Eighth Vassa at the Town of Susumaragira]
Vinaya (2): The Mahavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Mahavagga, Khandaka 6, Chapter 20 < [Khandaka 6 - On Medicaments]
Mahavagga, Khandaka 10, Chapter 5 < [Khandaka 10 - Schisms among the Samgha]