Pajjunna: 6 definitions
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Pajjunna means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
A devaraja, the god of rain. He was subject to the will of Sakka, and the books contain instances of his causing rain to fall at the command of Sakka (J.i.330; Mhv.xxi.31; J.iv.253).
He was also influenced by the exercise of saccakiriya (protestation of truth) E.g., J.i.331f. Buddhaghosa (SA.i.64) describes him as Vassavalahaka, and says that he was an inhabitant of the Catummaharajika world. Kokanada and Culla Kokanada were his daughters (S.i.29f).
Pajjunna is mentioned among the Mahayakkhas to be invoked in time of need (D.iii.205), and he was present at the preaching of the Mahasamaya Sutta. Ibid., ii.260.
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
pajjunna : (m.) rain-cloud; Rain-God.
Pajjunna, (Ved. parjanya, for etym. see Walde, Lat. Wtb. under quercus & spargo) rain-cloud J. I, 332 (p. vuccati megho); IV, 253. Otherwise only as Np. of the Rain God D. II, 260; S. I, 29; J. I, 331. (Page 387)
pajjunna (ပဇ္ဇုန္န) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[pajā+anna．pajānaṃ lokānaṃ annaṃ bhojanaṃ bhavati etenāti pajjunno,akārassukāro．,ṭī．47．pada+na．padissa ju．pajjati gacchatīti pajjunno．indo megho ca．ṇvādi．1va7．]
[ပဇာ+အန္န။ ပဇာနံ လောကာနံ အန္နံ ဘောဇနံ ဘဝတိ ဧတေနာတိ ပဇ္ဇုန္နော၊ အကာရဿုကာရော။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၄၇။ ပဒ+န။ ပဒိဿ ဇုနုက်။ ပဇ္ဇတိ ဂစ္ဆတီတိ ပဇ္ဇုန္နော။ ဣန္ဒော မေဃော စ။ ဏွာဒိ။၁ဝ၇။]
[Pali to Burmese]
pajjunna—
(Burmese text): (၁) မိုး၊ မိုးတိမ်။ (၂) မိုးနတ်၊ ပဇ္ဇုန္နနတ်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Rain, cloud. (2) Rain spirit, Pazhunana spirit.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Pajjuṇṇa (पज्जुण्ण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Pradyunna.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Pajjunnadevaraja, Pajjunnadhita Sutta, Pajjunnanatha, Pajjunnapariyosana.
Full-text: Pajjunnadevaraja, Pajjunnanatha, Pajjunnapariyosana, Pradyunna, Pajjunnadhita Sutta, Pradyumna, Megha, Kokanada, Kutagarasala, Deva.
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Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 75: Maccha-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Jataka 35: Vaṭṭaka-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Vasudevahindi (cultural history) (by A. P. Jamkhedkar)
7. The Candalas and Other Despised Classes < [Chapter 3 - Social Conditions]
3. Succession of Kingship < [Chapter 2 - Political conditions]
7. The inmates of a Palace (in ancient India) < [Chapter 2 - Political conditions]
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)
The Catu-Bhanavara-Pali (critical study) (by Moumita Dutta Banik)
(8) Atanatiya-sutta < [Chapter 4 - Subject Matter of the Third Bhanavara]
Lay-Life of India as reflected in Pali Jataka (by Rumki Mondal)
Part 7 - Religious Conditions of ancient India < [Chapter 3 - Reflection of Indian Lay-life in the Jātakas]