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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A brahmin. He once visited the Buddha at Savatthi and asked him whether the five sense faculties (indriyani), which were of different scope and range, had any common ground of resort (pati sarana). The Buddha replies that the mind is their common resort and, in answer to further questions, explains that there is nothing beyond Nibbana; that the holy life has Nibbana for its ending.

When the brahmin, greatly pleased with the Buddhas teaching, goes away, the Buddha tells the monks that Unnabha has become an anagami and would, therefore, after death, no longer return to this world (S.v.217f).

The same Nikaya (S.v.272f) records a visit of Unnabha to Ananda at Kosambi. He asks Ananda what is the aim of holy life and, on being told that it is the abandoning of desire by means of jhana, suggests that it would be a task without end. But Ananda, by means of an illustration, explains how the task does come to an end, and Unnabha expresses great satisfaction with the answer. Perhaps this refers to another brahmin of the same name.

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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).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Unnābha (उन्नाभ).—a.

1) Having a projecting navel, corpulent.

-bhaḥ Name of a king of the Solar race.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Unnābha (उन्नाभ):—[=un-nābha] m. Name of a king, [Raghuvaṃśa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Unnabha in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Nabha, Un.

Starts with: Unnabha Sutta.

Full-text: Vajranabha, Unnabha Sutta, Udga, Nabhas, Ghositarama.

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