In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he had seen the Pacceka Buddha Kosika, in Himava, engaged in meditation, and for seven days he had one hundred torches kept lighted near the Buddha. On the eighth day he gave alms to the Pacceka Buddha. As a result he was born in Tusita, and from his body rays of light issued, spreading one hundred leagues.

Fifty five kappas ago he reigned as king of Jambudipa, with his capital in Sobhana, built by Vissakamma himself, entirely of gold. Ap.ii.414-15.

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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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

ukkāsatika (ဥက္ကာသတိက) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[ukkāsata+ṇika]
[ဥက္ကာသတ+ဏိက]

[Pali to Burmese]

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

ukkāsatika—

(Burmese text): မီးရှူးတရာဖြင့် ပူဇော်ခဲ့ဘူးသော ထေရ်၊ ဥက္ကာသတိကထေရ်။

(Auto-Translation): It was a favorite, blessed with a fire of reverence, a sacred item of importance.

context information

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: Ukkasata, Niga.

Full-text: Kosha, Shobhana.

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