Sanghadatta, Saṅghadattā: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Sanghadatta: Wife of the minister Sangha, who married her because she walked instead of running in a shower of rain. She gave a robe to Culanaga Thera of Pidhanagalla, and Sakka provided her with divine robes, which she offered at Dakkhinacetiya and Ratanamalicetiya. Ras.ii.177f.
2. Sanghadatta Thera: He lived in Mahalena Vihara and for twelve years, during the Brahmanatiya famine, a deity looked after him. In the past he had given a meal to a hungry dog. Ras.ii.181f.
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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Full-text: Mahalena Vihara, Samgha, Culanaga.
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