Nalasakiya, Nalasākiyā: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA branch of the Sakiyas. When Vidudabha waged war on the Sakiyas, he gave orders that all those calling themselves by the name of Sakiya should be slain. His men went about asking for those who were called Sakiyas. Some of these therefore took blades of grass in their teeth and others reeds. When asked if they were Sakiyas, the former said not saka (potherb) but grass, (tina), and the latter not saka (potherb) but reed (nala). Owing to this play on their name they escaped death. Thenceforth they were known respectively as Tinasakiya and Nalasakiya (DhA.i.358f).
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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