Suppiya, Suppiyā: 2 definitions
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Suppiya. A Paribbajaka. He was the teacher of Brahmadatta. It was the discussion between these two, in the Ambalatthika park, regarding the virtues of the Buddha, his Dhamma and his Order, which led to the preaching of the Brahmajala Sutta (D.i.1). Suppiya was a follower of Sanjaya Belatthiputta. DA.i.35.
2. Suppiya. One of the chief lay supporters of Siddhattha Buddha. Bu.xvii.20.
3. Suppiya Thera. He was born in Savatthi in a family of cemetery keepers. Converted by the preaching of his friend, the Thera Sopaka, he entered the Order and attained arahantship.
In the time of Padumuttara Buddha he was a brahmin, named Varuna, who left his ten children and became an ascetic in the forest. There he met the Buddha and his monks and gave them fruit. He belonged to a khattiya family in the time of Kassapa Buddha, but through pride of birth and learning used to detract his colleagues hence his birth in a low caste in his last life. Thag.vs.32; ThagA.i.92f.; Ap.i.452f.
4. Suppiya. See Suppiya (2).
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1. Suppiya. The name of the inhabitants of Rajagaha in the time of Kassapa Buddha. At that time Vepulla was called Supassa (Suphassa). S.ii.192.
2. Suppiya. An upasaka of Benares. Her husband was Suppiya, and they were both greatly devoted to the Order. One day, while on a visit to the monastery, Suppiya saw a sick monk who needed a meat broth. On her return home, she sent an attendant to fetch meat; but there was none to be had in the whole of Benares. She therefore, with a knife, cut a piece of flesh from her thigh and gave it to her servant to make into soup for the monk. She then went to her room and lay on her bed. When Suppiya returned and discovered what had happened he was overjoyed, and, going to the monastery, invited the Buddha to a meal the next day. The Buddha accepted the invitation, and when, on the next day, he arrived with his monks, he asked for Suppiya. On hearing that she was ill, he desired that she be brought to see him. At the moment when the Buddha saw her wound was healed, covered with good skin, on which grew fine hairs as on the rest of her body.
It was as a result of this incident that the Buddha lay down a rule forbidding monks to eat human flesh, even when willingly given (Vin.i.216f).
Suppiya is given as an example of one whose good deeds bore fruit in this very life (Mil.115; cf.291). She was declared by the Buddha foremost among women who waited on the sick (A.i.26), an eminence she had resolved to win in the time of Padumuttara Buddha. AA.i.244f.; she is mentioned in a list of eminent women lay disciples (A.iv.348).
3. Suppiya. One of the five daughters of the third Okkaka and Bhatta (Hattha). DA.i.258; MT.131; SNA.ii.352.
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionarySuppiya (सुप्पिय) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Supriya.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Cuppiyam, Cuppiyaruttal.
Ends with: Ambasuppiya.
Full-text: Appiya, Hattha, Sabbaphaladayaka, Supriya, Supassa, Vepulla, Siddhattha, Okkaka, Varuna, Isipatana, Sopaka.
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Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
On rejection of human flesh < [6. Medicine (Bhesajja)]
Origin of the Council < [21. (Recitation with) Five Hundred (Pañcasata)]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 6 - Growth of the clientele of early Buddhism < [Chapter VII - Sārnāth: The Satellite Religious Centre]
Part 9 - Rājagṛha at the cross-roads of religious affiliations < [Chapter II - Origin and Function of Rājagṛha as the seat of Monarchy]
Part 8 - Growth of Secondary Sites (Nālandā and Sārnāth) < [Conclusion]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Biography (7): Suppiyā < [Chapter 45b - Life Stories of Female Lay Disciples]
Buddha Chronicle 16: Siddhattha Buddhavaṃsa < [Chapter 9 - The chronicle of twenty-four Buddhas]
Biography (2): Visākhā, Donor of Pubbārāma Monastery < [Chapter 45b - Life Stories of Female Lay Disciples]
Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history) (by Prakash Narayan)
Husband and Wife < [Chapter 4 - Social Process, Structures and Reformations]
Apadana commentary (Atthakatha) (by U Lu Pe Win)
Commentary on the Biography of the thera Sopāka < [Chapter 2 - Sīhāsaniyavagga (lion-throne section)]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 242-243 - The Story of a Man Whose Wife Committed Adultery < [Chapter 18 - Mala Vagga (Impurities)]