Pandukambalashila, Pāṇḍukambalaśilā, Pandukambala-shila: 3 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Pāṇḍukambalaśilā can be transliterated into English as Pandukambalasila or Pandukambalashila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Pandukambalashila in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Pāṇḍukambalaśilā (पाण्डुकम्बलशिला) or simply Pāṇḍukambala is the name of a throne in the Trāyastriṃśa heaven, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter XLII.—accordingly, “during the summer retreat (varṣa) when he was staying in the Trāyastriṃśa heaven in the Houan-hi-yuan (Nandanavana), he was seated on the Kien-p’o-che (Kambalaśilā), soft and pure like the gods’ silk ribbons, but he felt no pleasant sensation (sukhavedanā). And when the great Devarājas, on their knees, offered him celestial foods, he did not consider them to be exquisite”.

Notes: In the seventh year of his public ministry, the Buddha, who has just carried out the great miracle at Śrāvastī, following the example of his predecessors, went to preach the Dharma (some texts specify the Abhidharma) in the Trāyastriṃśa heaven where his mother Māyā had taken rebirth. In the shadow of a Pārikāta kovidāra tree (Erythrina indica), seated on Śakra’s throne, the Pāṇḍukambalaśilā (Stone of white wool), he prolonged his teaching for the three months of the summer season (varṣa). Seven days afterwards, escorted by Brahmā on his right and Śakra on his left, he descended from the heavens of the Trāyastriṃśas by way of a wondrous triple staircase and set foot on earth at Sāṃkāsya, in the Āpajjura forest, at the foot of the Udumbara tree (Ficus glomerata).

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pandukambalashila in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pāṇḍukambalaśilā (पाण्डुकम्बलशिला).—(= Pali Paṇḍu °silā), the throne of Indra (perhaps orig., the stone of which it is made): Divyāvadāna 194.3, 11; 195.10; Avadāna-śataka ii.89.5; °lā-talam Mahāvyutpatti 7127.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pāṇḍukambalaśilā (पाण्डुकम्बलशिला):—[=pāṇḍu-kambala-śilā] [from pāṇḍu-kambala > pāṇḍu] f. Name of a part of the heavenly Paradise, [Divyāvadāna]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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