Paccantajanapada: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesIn the texts contrast is often drawn between the Paccantajanapada and the Majjhimadesa. In the latter the fortunate ones are born, and it is a great disadvantage to be born outside it; for, then, the possibilities of hearing of the Buddha and his teaching become remote (E.g., DhA.iii.248, 489; KhA.133).
The boundaries of the Majjhimadesa are given in several places, and the Paccantajanapada, lies beyond these boundaries. They are: in the east, Kajangala and Mahasala; in the south east, the river Salalavati; in the south, Setakannika; in the west, Thuna; and in the north, Usiraddhaja (pabbata) (Vin.i.197; J.i.49; cp. Dvy.21f).
The Vinaya rules were relaxed in the case of those who lived in the Paccantajanapada, where it is said that the Buddha never spent a night. MA.ii.982.
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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