Udayin, Udayī, Udāyī, Udayi, Udāyin: 18 definitions
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Udayin means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Udayī (उदयी).—The son of Darbhaka; ruled for 33 years; founded the city Kusuma on the southern bank of the Ganges in the fourth year of his reign. (Udāyi).*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 74. 132; Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 318-9.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Kavya (poetry)
Udāyin (उदायिन्) is the name of an ancient king, as mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).—Accordingly, “One day, King Udāyin dethroned a king who had provoked his anger. The son of this king wanted revenge for Udāyin. He noticed that the Jaina monks had free access to the king. So he pretended to become a novice and, one day of fasting, he accompanied his master and then killed the king”.
Cf. Āvaśyakacūrṇi II 179.8-180.3; Āvasyakaniryukti (Haribhadra commentary) a. 1-b.3; Leumann 1934 p.24; Pariś.VI. v. 189-210: Jacobi analysisp. LXII.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Udayī (उदयी) refers to “that (luminous body) which appears”, an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “Vasā Ketu is a comet which lies with its head towards the north; it is of large size, glossy and appears in the west [apara-udayī]. When it appears there will be immediate deaths in the land but prosperity in the end. Asthi Ketu resembles the Vasā Ketu; but if it appears of sharp rays, there will be fear in the land. Śastra Ketu also resembles the Vasā Ketu but is glossy and appears in the west; and when it appears, there will be wars and deaths in the land”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
1. Udayi Thera - Also called Laludayi (and Pandita Udayi), to distinguish him from others. - He was the son of a brahmin of Kapilavatthu. He saw the power and majesty of the Buddha when the latter visited his kinsmen and, entering the Order, in due course became an arahant. When the Buddha preached the Nagopama Sutta (see A.iii.344f), on the occasion when Seta, King Pasenadis elephant, was publicly admired, Udayi was stirred to enthusiasm by thoughts of the Buddha and uttered sixteen verses, extolling the virtues of the Buddha, comparing him to a great and wondrous elephant. (Thag.vv.689-704; ThagA.ii.7f.; Udayis verses are repeated in the Anguttara (iii.346-7) but the Commentary (ii.669) attributes them to Kaludayi).
Once when Udayi was staying at Kamanda, in Todeyyas mango grove, he converted a pupil of a brahmin of the Verahaccani clan and, as a result, was invited by Verahaccani herself to her house. It was only on his third visit to Verahaccani that Udayi preached to her and she thereupon became a follower of the Faith (S.iv.121-4).
The Samyutta Nikaya (iv.166f.; another discussion with Ananda is mentioned in A.iv.426f) also records a conversation between Udayi and Ananda, when Udayi asks if it is possible to describe the consciousness, too, as being without the self. On another occasion Udayi has a discussion with Pancakanga on vedana (M.i.396ff; S.iv.223-4; the Commentary SA.iii.86 and MA.ii.629 here describes Udayi as Pandita). Ananda overhears their conversation and reports it to the Buddha, who says that Udayis explanation is true, though not accepted by Pancakanga.
Elsewhere (S.v.86ff) Udayi is mentioned as asking the Buddha to instruct him on the bojjhangas, and once, at Desaka (Setaka?) in the Sumbha country, he tells the Buddha how he cultivated the bojjhangas and thereby attained to final emancipation (S.v.89).
He is rebuked by the Buddha for his sarcastic remark to Ananda, that Ananda had failed to benefit by his close association with the Master. The Buddha assures him that Ananda will, in that very life, become an arahant (A.i.228).
Udayi was evidently a clever and attractive preacher, for he is mentioned as having addressed large crowds, a task demanding great powers, as the Buddha himself says when this news of Udayi is reported to him (A.iii.184).
According to Buddhaghosa (DA.iii.903), it is this same Udayi (Maha Udayi) who, having listened to the Sampasadaniya Sutta, is beside himself with joy at the contemplation of the wonderful qualities as set forth in that Sutta, and marvels that the Buddha does not go about proclaiming them. Buddhaghosa (MA.i.526) seems to identify him also with the Udayi to whom the Latukikopama Sutta (M.i.447ff) was preached.
2. Udayi - A thera.
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).
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Udāyin (उदायिन्) is the name of a Śrāvaka mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Udāyin).
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Udayin (उदयिन्).—a.
1) Rising or ascending.
2) Streaming or flowing forth; एते निष्कुष्य जङ्घानलकमुदयिनीर्मज्जधाराः पिबन्ति (ete niṣkuṣya jaṅghānalakamudayinīrmajjadhārāḥ pibanti) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5.17.
3) Prosperous, flourishing.
Udayin (उदयिन्).—see Udāyin.
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Udāyin (उदायिन्).—(or Udayin? below), (1) = Kālodāyin (also appears as °dayin), q.v. (in Pali he is also called Udāyī): Mahāvyutpatti 1056, in text (also Mironov) printed Udayī, but Index Udāyin; Mahāvastu ii.234.8; iii.91.8; 93.3; Lalitavistara 121.1 (son of the purohita Udayana); (2) one of the ṣaḍvārgika monks: Mahāvyutpatti 9476. (Tho not named in Pali as one of the Chabbaggiya monks, 2. Udāyī in Malalasekara (Dictionary of Pali Proper Names) seems to have had a character deserving this reproach and is doubtless the same person as ours.) Named Divyāvadāna 543.24 as type of a monk who might commit a sin; subjected to parivāsa and succeeding penances, Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iii.32.14 ff. (in Divyāvadāna and Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya not identified with the ṣaḍvārgika); (3) name of a son of Ajātaśatru and ancestor of Aśoka (= Pali Udāyi- bhadda): Divyāvadāna 369.10; in the same line called, according to text, Udayibhadra; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.42.11 ff.
Udayin (उदयिन्).—mfn. (-yī-yinī-yi) 1. Rising, ascending. 2. Prosperous, flourishing. E. udaya and ini aff.
Udayin (उदयिन्).—[adjective] coming forth.
1) Udayin (उदयिन्):—[=ud-a-yin] [from ud-aya] a mfn. victorious, triumphant, [Śiśupāla-vadha]
2) Udāyin (उदायिन्):—[=ud-āyin] m. Name of Vasu-deva ([varia lectio] ud-āpi q.v.), [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] of Kūṇika, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
4) Udayin (उदयिन्):—[from ud-i] b mfn. rising, ascending
5) [v.s. ...] prosperous, flourishing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a grandson of Ajātaśatru (= Udayāśva).
Udayin (उदयिन्):—[(yī-yinī-yi) a.] Rising.
Udayin (उदयिन्):—(von 3. i mit ud) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Viṣṇupurāṇa 439] (im Text: udāyin) . [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 219.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa 117.] [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 235 (5).]
Udayin (उदयिन्):—und udayibhadra m. = udayāśva.
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Udāyin (उदायिन्):—m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes —
1) des Vasudeva [VP.².4,110.] —
2) des Kūnika [VP.².,5,391]
Udayin (उदयिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Udailla, Udāi.
Udāyī (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 優陀 [yōu tuó]: “Udāyī”; “Upaka” [Sanskrit personal name].
2) Udayin (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 優陀夷 [yōu tuó yí]: “Kālodayin”; “Udayin”; “Udāyin” [Sanskrit personal name].
2) 烏陀夷 [wū tuó yí]: “Kālodayin”; “Udayin” [Sanskrit personal name].
3) 鄔陀夷 [wū tuó yí]: “Udayin”; “Ukālodayin” [Sanskrit personal name].
2) Udāyin (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 優陀夷 [yōu tuó yí]: “Kālodayin”; “Udayin”; “Udāyin” [Sanskrit personal name].
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Nepali dictionary
Udayī (उदयी):—adj. 1. rising; 2. promising; prospering;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
udāyī (ဥဒါယီ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[u+i+ṇī]
[ဥ+ဣ+ဏီ]
[Pali to Burmese]
udāyī—
(Burmese text): ဥဒါယီမည်သူ။ သာသနာတော်၌ ဥဒါယီမည်သူ ၅-ဦးတွေ့ရ၏။ မူရင်းကြည့်ပါ။
(Auto-Translation): Who is a layperson? In the religion, there are five laypersons encountered. Please refer to the original.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Ayin, Ud, Uda, U, Yin, Yan, Mi, I, Ou, Uta, Ni.
Full-text (+43): Udayi Sutta, Abhyudayin, Laludayi, Udayibhadra, Kaludayi, Udayitthera, Panditaudayitthera, Kalodayin, Udayivagga, Mahaudayi, You tuo yi, Wu tuo yi, Maha Udayi, Samudayin, Udapi, Liu qun bi qiu, Uu da di, Aparodayi, Jia liu tuo yi, Nanda.
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