Purindada: 3 definitions
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Purindada 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 NamesA name for Sakka, because, as a human being, he bestowed gifts from town to town (pure pure danam adasi). S.i.229; DhA.i.264; cp. Sanskrit purandara (destroyer of cities).
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarypurindada : (m.) an epithet of the king of Devas.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPurindada, (distorted fr. Vedic puraṃ-dara, pura+dṛ to break, see darī, thus “breaker of fortresses, ” Ep. of Indra (& Agni). The P. Commentator (VvA. 171) of course takes it popularly as “pure dānaṃ dadātī ti Purindado ti vuccati, ” thus pure+dā; see also Trenckner, Notes 596; Geiger, P. Gr. § 443) “townbreaker, ” a name of Sakka (Indra) D. II, 260; S. I, 230; Vv 374, 622; PvA. 247. (Page 469)
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.
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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 30 - The Story of Magha < [Chapter 2 - Appamāda Vagga (Heedfulness)]
The Book of Protection (by Piyadassi Thera)
Discourse 18 - The Great Assembly < [Discourses]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XXXIV - The story of Śarabhaṅga < [Volume III]
Chapter IV - Mañjarī-jātaka < [Volume II]