Punabbasumata, Punabbasumātā: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA Yakkhini, mother of Punabbasu. One evening towards sunset, when the Buddha was at Jetavana, she, with her daughter Uttara on her hip and the boys hand in hers, came to the grove in search of food. She saw the silent monks seated round the Buddha while he preached, and having hushed her babe to silence she and Punabbasu listened to the Buddha. At the end of the sermon, both mother and son became sotapannas, Uttara being too young to understand (S.i.210f.; SA.i.239f).
Punabbasumata is quoted as an example of a Yakkhini who could travel through the air (PSA.79).
She was a vemanikapeta. DA.ii.50.
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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