Salha, Sālha: 3 definitions
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Salha, called Migaranatta. He once visited Nandaka Thera with Pekkhuniyas grandson, Rohana. See the Salha Sutta (A.i.193 f). He built a vihara for the nuns and Sundarinda was appointed to supervise the work. As a result, Salha and Sundarinanda saw each other frequently and fell in love. Wishing to seduce her, Salha invited a party of nuns to his house and set apart seats for those nuns who were older than Nanda in one part, and for those younger in another, so that Nanda would be alone. But she, guessing the reason for the invitation, did not go, and, instead, sent an attendant nun to Salhas house for her alms, excusing herself on the plea that she was taken ill. Salha, hearing of this, set a servant to look after the other nuns and ran off to the monastery. Nanda, on her bed, was waiting for him, and he seduced her (Vin.iv.211f). Buddhaghosa explains (Sp.iv.900) that Salha was called Migaranatta because he was the grandson of Migaramata, (Visakha).
2. Salha. A Licchavi, who once visited the Buddha at the Kutagarasala (A.ii.200). See Salha Sutta (2).
3. Salha. A monk of Natika. The Buddha declared that he died an arahant. D.ii.191; S.v.356.
4. Salha. An eminent monk who took a prominent part in the Second Council. He lived in Sahajati, and, on hearing of the heresy of the Vajjiputtakas, retired into solitude in order to decide whether he thought their contentions right. There an inhabitant of the Suddhavasa informed him that the Vajjiputtakas were wrong. He was one of the four appointed on behalf of the Pacinakas (Vajjiputtakas) on the committee which discussed the dispute. He was a pupil of Ananda. Vin.ii.302ff.; Mhv.iv.4f , 48, 57; Dpv.iv.49; v.22; Sp.i.34.
1. Salha Sutta. Records a conversation between Nandaka Thera, Salha Migaranatti, and Rohana Pekkhuniyanatta. A.i.193f.
2. Salha Sutta. The Licchavis, Salha and Abhaya, visit the Buddha at the Kutagarasala and question him regarding the way that is made by purity of morals and that made by self mortification. The Buddha answers the question with many similes. The last part of the sutta describes a fighting man who is a long distance shooter, one who shoots by lightning, and a smasher of large objects, and the corresponding classes of the Ariyan disciples. A.ii.200f.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Salha (सल्ह):—m. Name of a man (also written sahla), [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
2) Sālha (साल्ह):—m. Name of a man, [Buddhist literature]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Salhaj, Salhana, Salhani.
Full-text: Migaranatta, Sahla, Salhana, Sundari Nanda, Nandaka, Rohana, Kutagarasala, Migara.
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