Sirimeghavanna: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesKing of Ceylon (362-409 A.D.). He was the son of Mahasena. He restored the monastic buildings destroyed by Mahasena and hold a festival in the Ambatthala cetiya in honour of Mahinda, of whom he made a life size image of gold. He erected the Sotthiyakara vihara and built a stone terrace round the Tissavasabha bodhi. The Buddhas Tooth Relic was brought to Ceylon in the ninth year of the kings reign, and the king placed it in the Dhammacakka pasada. He held a great festival in honour of the Relic, and decreed that similar festivals should be held yearly in the Abhayuttara vihara. He is said to have built eighteen viharas. He was succeeded by Jetthatissa. Cv.xxxvii.53ff.
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: Tissavasabha, Sotthiyakara, Shambala, Itthiya, Dathadhatughara, Bhaddasala, Ambatthala, Jetthatissa, Mahasena, Lohapasada, Kalinga.
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