Varakalyana, Varakalyāṇa, Varakalyāna: 5 definitions
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Varakalyana 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 Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA primeval king, son of Kalyana. His son was Uposatha. Dpv.iii.4; Mhv.ii.2; J.ii.311; iii.454; but, according to DA.i.258 and SNA.i.342, Varakalyanas son was Mandhata.
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).
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: BuddhismVarakalyāṇa (वरकल्याण) (son of Kalyāna and father of Uposatha) is the name of an ancient king from the Solar dynasty (sūryavaṃśa) and a descendant of Mahāsaṃmata, according to the Dīpavaṃśa and the Mahāvaṃśa. He is also mentioned in the Dulva (the Tibetan translation of the Vinaya of the Sarvāstivādins). He is also mentioned as Varakaḷyāna (Varakalyāna) in the Mahābuddhavaṃsa or Maha Buddhavamsa (the great chronicle of Buddhas) Anudīpanī chapter 1, compiled by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw. These twenty-eight kings were of long lives of asaṅkhyeyya (asaṃkhyeya) years. The twenty-seven kings [viz., Varakalyāṇa] after Mahāsammata were his descendants. Some of these twenty-eight kings reigned in Kusavatī City, others in Rājagaha and still others in Mithilā.
Varakalyāṇa is possibly identified with Rava as mentioned in the Mahāvastu of the Mahāsaṃghikas (and the Lokottaravāda school).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVarakalyāṇa (वरकल्याण).—(= Pali id.), name of a king, son of Ka- lyāṇa, q.v., and father of Upoṣadha, q.v. In Mahāvastu i.348.8 text is corrupt; the form Rava (v.l. Rāva) probably represents Vara(-kalyāṇa), but in one ms. seems also confused with Roca, q.v., who should have been named earlier in the list.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVarakalyāṇa (वरकल्याण):—[=vara-kalyāṇa] [from vara] m. Name of a king, [Buddhist literature]
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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: Vara, Kalyana.
Ends with: Pravarakalyana.
Full-text: Rava, Pravarakalyana, Mahakalyana, Kalyana, Uposatha, Mandhata.
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