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Potaliya 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. Potaliya
A householder of Apana. Meeting the Buddha in a wood outside the town, he greeted him, and was addressed by the Buddha as householder, at which he was very angry, for he had, so he said, handed over his wealth to his sons, and possessed only his food and clothing. But the Buddha told him that true retirement from the household meant far more than that, and, at the request of Potaliya, he proceeded to explain his words. At the end of the discourse Potaliya declared himself the Buddhas follower. M.i.359 ff.
2. PotaliyaA wanderer (Paribbajaka) probably identical with the above (1). A conversation he had with the Buddha is recorded in the Anguttara Nikaya. At the end of the discussion he declared himself the Buddhas follower. A.ii.100f.
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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Starts with: Potaliya Sutta.
Full-text: Potaliya Sutta, Catunikayika Tissa, Dattabhaya, Apana, Anguttarapa, Gahapati.
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Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
Part I - Gahapati Vagga < [(b) Majjihma Pannasa Pali]
Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history) (by Prakash Narayan)
The Buddha and the Gahapati < [Chapter 4 - Social Process, Structures and Reformations]
Agriculture and Cattle-keeping < [Chapter 2 - Economic and Urban Processes]
Hanging Nations of Gohapati < [Chapter 2 - Economic and Urban Processes]
Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas (by K.T.S. Sarao)
2.5(c). Majjhima Nikāya (The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Cetasikas (by Nina van Gorkom)
Chapter 34 - Understanding < [Part IV - Beautiful Cetasikas]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Chapter 3 - Seeing the Four Great Omens < [Volume 2.1]