Nalikira, Nālikīra: 1 definition
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Nalikira 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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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesKing of Dantapura in Kalinga.
Once, a holy ascetic came with five hundred others and took up his abode in the royal park. Nalikira visited the ascetic and was displeased with the questions he was asked as to whether he ruled his people righteously. He therefore invited the ascetics to his palace, filled their bowls with filth, and had them beaten and attacked by dogs. The earth opened and swallowed the king. He was born in the Sunakha niraya, where he had to undergo various kinds of tortures. His kingdom was destroyed and became a waste (J.v.119, 143, 144f.; MA.ii.602ff.; Mtu.iii.361, 368, 369). The story was evidently widely current in India.
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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Full-text: Sunakha, Dantapura, Uggata, Kalinga, Sarabhanga Jataka.
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