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Muttra 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.
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Source: Wisdom Library: BuddhismMuttra refers to one of the places visited by Dharmapāla during his tour of North India. Anāgārika Dharmapāla (born 1864) was a Ceylonese Buddhist who travelled across India and beyond, spreading Buddhism. According to Bhikkhu Sangharakshita in his Biographical Sketc, “he travelled as a pilgrim, not caring at all for comforts, mixing with the sanyasins, ascetics, Hindu pilgrims, and with passengers of the third and intermediate classes, eating at times the poorest food, sleeping at times in places where the poor sleep and gaining an insight into the characteristics of the poor classes, who are suffering from intense ignorance, superstition and poverty”.
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Full-text: Mathura, Matupuri, Uttaramaturai, Madhuvana, Vatamaturai, Maturai, Madhura.
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Search found 16 books and stories containing Muttra; (plurals include: Muttras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 6 - Country of Po-li-ye-to-lo (Paryatra) < [Book IV - Fifteen Countries]
Anāgārika Dharmapāla (by Bhikkhu Sangharakshita)
Parama Samhita (English translation) (by Krishnaswami Aiyangar)
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 5 - Chemists of the Metallic School: Adima < [A Brief History of Indian Chemistry and Medicine]
The Way of the White Clouds (by Anāgarika Lāma Govinda)
Chapter 30 - The Case of Shanti Devi < [Part 3 - Death and Rebirth]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XXXVII - Catalogue of the forces continued < [Book III - Utpatti khanda (utpatti khanda)]