Suciloma, Sūciloma, Suci-loma: 3 definitions
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Suciloma 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.
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA Yakkha. Once, when the Buddha was at the Tankitamanca in Gaya, which was the abode of Suciloma, Suciloma and his friend, Khara, happened to be passing by, and Suciloma, coming up to the Buddha, bent his body against the Buddhas. The Buddha bent his body in the opposite direction, saying that contact with him was an evil thing. Then Suciloma asked him a question regarding the origin of various persuasions, and the Buddha answered him (Ap.ii.434; the same verses occur).
It is said that Suciloma was a lay follower of Kassapa Buddha and used to visit the vihara eight times a month to hear the Dhamma. (SNA.i.302, 305; in the Samyutta Commentary (SA.i.233) he is said to have been a monk). One day, when he heard the gong announcing the preaching, he was working in a field near the vihara, and thinking he would be late if he stayed to wash, he entered the uposatha hall, where he lay on a very costly rug. As a result of this action, the hairs of his body resembled needles hence his name. At the end of the Buddhas sermon Suciloma became a sotapanna.
An expressive statue of Suciloma is to be found among the bas reliefs of the Bharhut Stupa. Cunningham: Bharhut, p.136.
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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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarysūciloma : (adj.) having hair like needles.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionarySūciloma refers to: needle-haired, having hair like needles S. II, 257; name of a Yakkha at Gayā S. I, 207; Sn. p. 48; SnA 551; Vism. 208.
Note: sūciloma is a Pali compound consisting of the words sūci and loma.
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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Starts with: Suciloma Sutta.
Full-text: Suciloma Sutta, Kharakarna, Khara, Suciroman, Gaya, Tankitamanca, Yakkha.
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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 6 - Delivery of The Suciloma Sutta < [Chapter 32b - The Buddha’s Fourteenth Vassa at Savatthi]
Buddha attributes (6): Anuttaropurisa damma sārathi < [Chapter 42 - The Dhamma Ratanā]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 9 - Why is the Buddha called Puruṣadamyasārathi (puruṣa-damya-sārathi) < [Chapter IV - Explanation of the Word Bhagavat]
Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
(1) Recollection of the Enlightened One < [Chapter VII - Six Recollections (Cha-anussati-niddesa)]