Sukarapeta, Sūkarapeta: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Sukarapeta. A peta who lived on Gijjhakuta. His body was human, but his head was that of a pig; out of his mouth grew a tail, and from the tail oozed maggots. Moggallana saw him and reported the matter to the Buddha. The Buddha said that he, too, had seen the peta. In a previous birth he had been a preacher of the Law, but, wishing to obtain possession of a monastery which he visited, he brought about dissension between the two monks who had lived there on the friendliest terms. After death he suffered in Avici for a whole Buddhantara, and was reborn in the peta world. DhA.iii.410ff.
2. Sukarapeta. A monk in the time of Kassapa Buddha, reborn as a peta on Gijjhakuta, where he was seen by Narada. He had been restrained in his bodily actions, but had an evil tongue. He had the face of a pig. Pv.i.3; PvA.9f.
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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