Sagala, Sāgala, Sāgalā, Shagala: 5 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Shagal.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA city in India, capital of King Milinda (Mil.pp.1, 3, etc.).
In various Jatakas - e.g.,
the Kalingabodhi (J.iv.230) and the Kusa (J.v.283), and also in the scholiast of the Mahaummagga (J.vi.471, 473) -Sagala is mentioned as the capital of the Madda kings. It was also evidently called Sakala. (E.g., Mahabharata 14, 32; tatah Sakalam abhyetva Madranam putabhedanam).
Sagala was the birthplace of Khema Theri, (ThigA.127; Ap.ii.546; AA.i.187) of Bhadda Kapilani, (ThigA.68; Ap.ii.583; AA.i.99) and of Queen Anoja (DhA.ii.116).
It is said (DhA.iii.281f.; cp. the story of Anitthigandha, a Pacceka Buddha, given in SNA.i.69) that when Aritthigandhakumara refused to marry any woman unless she resembled a golden image possessed by him, the messengers sent by his parents found a girl in Sagala who possessed the necessary requirements, but she was delicate, and died on her way from Sagala to Savatthi.
It is perhaps the same city which is mentioned in the Vinaya (Vin.iii.67) as the residence of Dalhika.
Sagala is identified with the modern Sialkot in the Paijab (Law, Geog. 53).
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).
India history and geography
Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early BuddhismSāgala (सागल) is the name of a locality situated in Uttarāpatha (Northern District) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—In the Milindapañho we are told that King Milinda (Menander), a powerful Graeco-Bactrian King, ruling over the Madda country with Sāgala as his capital became a convert to Buddhism. That Sāgala or Sākala (modern Sialkot in the Punjab) was the capital of the Madra country is also attested to by the Mahābhārata, as also by several Jātakas (cf. the Kāḷiṅgabodhi Jātaka and the Kusa Jātaka).
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysagaḷā (सगळा).—a (sakala S) All or every one; the whole quantity or number. 2 Whole, entire, complete.
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sāgaḷa (सागळ).—f (chāgala S through H) Goatskin. It is prepared as leather and used for the upper part of shoes &c.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsagaḷā (सगळा).—a All or every one; whole, entire.
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sāgaḷa (सागळ).—f Goatskin.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryŚagala (शगल) [Also spelled shagal]:—(nm) a pastime, recreation; hobby; —[karanā] to recreate, to do a thing for recreation.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Sagalaga, Sagalamala, Sagalankrita.
Ends with: Esagala, Hasagala, Hosagala, Pasagala, Vishagala.
Full-text (+11): Maddava, Madda, Sagalamala, Sucimati, Gharasa Rakhana, Yatkincit, Shagal, Sankheyya Parivena, Ussillya Tissa, Upaja, Dalhika, Milinda, Anantakaya, Ayupala, Pabhavati, Shekanem, Madra, Varim, Anitthigandhakumara, Mahendra.
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Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
Part 18 - Milindapanha Pali < [Chapter VIII - Khuddaka Nikaya]
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Verse 403 - Khemā the Wise < [Chapter 26 - Brāhmaṇa Vagga (The Brāhmaṇa)]
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Commentary on the stanza on contact (samsagga) < [Commentary on biography of Silent Buddhas (Paccekabuddha)]
Commentary on the Biography of the Thera Mahākassapa < [Chapter 1 - Buddhavagga (Buddha section)]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 456: Juṇha-jātaka < [Volume 4]
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