Pingiya, Piṅgiya: 3 definitions
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Pingiya 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)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Pingiya
Chaplain to Brahmadatta, king of Benares. He was a former birth of Devadatta (J.iii.161). His story is given in the Dhonasakha Jataka (q.v.).
2. PingiyaCalled Pingiya manava, nephew and pupil of Bavari. At the time that he visited the Buddha with the other disciples he was 120 years old and very feeble. At the end of his discussion with the Buddha, as recorded in the Pingiya Sutta (SN. vs. 1120 23), because of his feebleness, he failed to reach any attainment. Thereupon he praised the Buddha and begged of him to go on. The Buddha preached to him further, and he became an anagami, failing, however, to attain arahantship because his mind wandered to his maternal uncle, Bavari. His one thousand pupils, however, became arahants. Later, with the Buddhas leave, he visited Bavari and told him the glad tidings, describing the Buddhas glory (SN.vs.1131 45). At the end of his statement, the Buddha, seeing that the minds of both of them were mature, sent forth a ray of light from Savatthi and, appearing before them, preached to them. Thereupon Bavari became an anagami and Pingiya an arahant (SNA.ii.603ff).
Pingiya was called manava, even at the age of 120. (SNA.ii.413).
3. PingiyaOne of the seven anagamins born in the Aviha world, in the company of Ghatikara (S.i.35, 60). He is described as a bhikkhu, and is therefore probably identical with Pingiya (2). The story of the latter having attained arahantship must, in that case, have been a later legend. It is also possible that Pingiya is a variant reading for Pingiyani.
4. PingiyaA dog, mentioned in the Putimamsa Jataka. J.iii.535.
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).
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraPiṅgiya (पिङ्गिय) or Paiṅgika (or Piṅgika) is the name of a Brāhman who addressed the Buddha with five hundred “harmful words”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter XLII.—When a Brāhman addressed five hundred harmful words (pāruṣyavāda) to the Buddha in the full assembly, the Buddha neither changed color nor feeling. And when the same Brāhman, his mind having been tamed, retracted and praised the Buddha with five hundred eulogies, the Buddha manifested neither pleasure (prīti) nor satisfaction (āttamanas). In blame (nindā) as in praise (praśaṃsā), his feelings and his color remain unchanged.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPiṅgiya, (adj.) (fr. Vedic piṅga) reddish-brown, yellow J. VI, 199. (Page 457)
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Pingiyani, Pingiyanin.
Full-text: Paingika, Alavi Gotama, Dhonasakha Jataka, Sunakha, Pingala, Aviha, Pingika, Akroshaka, Pingiyani, Ghatikara, Vakkali.
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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Addenda: Bāvarī the Brahmin Teacher (continued) < [Chapter 43 - Forty-one Arahat-Mahatheras and their Respective Etadagga titles]
Biography (41): Mogharāja Mahāthera < [Chapter 43 - Forty-one Arahat-Mahatheras and their Respective Etadagga titles]
Part 3 - Bodhisatta-kicca (duties of a Bodhisatta) < [Chapter 2 - Rare Appearance of a Buddha]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 1 - The five hundred insults and five hundred praises to the Buddha < [Chapter XLII - The Great Loving-kindness and the Great Compassion of the Buddhas]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
A Correct Vision (by Venerable Professor Dhammavihari)