Paveyyaka, Pāveyyakā, Pāveyyaka: 1 definition
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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe name given to the inhabitants of Pava - e.g., Paveyyaka Malla (E.g., D.ii.165).
Pava was evidently a centre of Buddhist activity even during the lifetime of the Buddha, and mention is made of Paveyyaka monks in the Vinaya (E.g., Vin.i.253). During the time of the Vajjiputta heresy, it was the Paveyyaka who upheld the true doctrine, their leaders being Revata, Sambhuta Sanavasi, Yasa Kakandakaputta and Sumana (Vin.ii.301ff.; Mhv.iv.17ff). In this connection the Paveyyaka are also described as Pacchimika in opposition to the Vajjiputtakas who are called Pacinaka.
It is explained (E.g., MT.166) that the Paveyyaka were called Pacchimika because they lived to the west. West of Kosala, according to Buddhaghosa, on Maha Vagga (vii.1.).
The Burmese MSS. seem to spell Paveyyaka as Patheyvaka.
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Sutta. See timsamatta Sutta.
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. An elephant. See Baddheraka.
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: Patheyyaka, Baddheraka, Timsamatta Sutta, Pava, Malla, Sumana.
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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 327 - The Story of the Elephant Called Pāveyyaka < [Chapter 23 - Nāga Vagga (The Great)]
Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
On a pair of Siveyyaka cloths < [8. Robes (Cīvara)]
The story of the merchant’s son < [8. Robes (Cīvara)]
The story Roja the Malla < [6. Medicine (Bhesajja)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
The Tiṃsamattā-sutta (or, Lohita-sūtra) < [Part 2 - Distinguishing the movements of mind of all beings]
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Buddhist Monastic Discipline (by Jotiya Dhirasekera)