Pesakaradhituvatthu, Pesakāradhītuvatthu: 1 definition

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Pesakaradhituvatthu 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.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Pesakaradhituvatthu in Theravada glossary
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

The story of a weavers daughter of Alavi. She heard the Buddha preach at the Aggalava cetiya on the necessity of meditating constantly on the inevitable ness of death and, though she was only sixteen, she was the only one to profit by the sermon. Three years later the Buddha again visited Alavi. The citizens entertained him, but the Buddha would not preach his thanksgiving sermon till the weavers daughter, having finished the tasks required of her by her father, was able to be present. On her arrival the Buddha asked her questions so that her wisdom might be known to the assembled populace, and, at the conclusion of the Buddhas discourse, she became a sotapanna. That same day she was killed by an accident to her loom, and her father joined the Order, attaining arahantship in due course. DhA.iii.170 6.

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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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