Vasala, Vassala, Vashala, Vasa-ala: 7 definitions
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Vasala means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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)
A mountain near Himava, where lived Sudassana Pacceka Buddha. ThagA.i.88, 395; Ap.ii.451 calls it Cavala.
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
vasala : (m.) an outcast; a person of low birth.
Vasala, (Vedic vṛṣala, Dimin. of vṛṣan, lit. “little man”) an outcaste; a low person, wretch; adj. vile, foul Vin II. 221; Sn. 116—136; J. IV, 388; SnA 183, — f. vasalī outcaste, wretched woman S. I, 160; J. IV, 121, 375; DhA. I, 189; III, 119; IV, 162; VvA. 260.
1) vasala (ဝသလ) [(na) (န)]—
[vasala+tta．tta-pakye．]
[ဝသလ+တ္တ။ တ္တ-ပစ္စည်းကျေ။]
2) vasala (ဝသလ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[vasa+ala．ṇvādi．182．vassati paggharatīti vasalo．vi,ṭṭha,2．137．vamala-saṃ．thī-nitea vasalī．vasala-prā．]
[ဝသ+အလ။ ဏွာဒိ။ ၁၈၂။ ဝဿတိ ပဂ္ဃရတီတိ ဝသလော။ ဝိ၊ဋ္ဌ၊၂။၁၃၇။ ဝမလ-သံ။ ထီ-၌ ဝသလီ။ ဝသလ-ပြာ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) vasala—
(Burmese text): (၁) ယုတ်ညံ့-ယုတ်မာ-သော။ (၂) ယိုထွက်-ယိုစီး-တတ်သော။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Awkward - clumsy - rough. (2) Leaky - seepage - capable of.
2) vasala—
(Burmese text): သူယုတ်၏အဖြစ်။ ဝသလကရဏ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): The state of being crazy. Watch out for the pitfalls.
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
vasalā (वसला).—m Any figure into which a field or plot is divided in order to measurement or survey. Hence a plot or parcel of any piece of land.
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vasalā (वसला).—m C A tatter, shred, strip, rag. Commonly used pl. v kara, uḍava, karūna ṭāka.
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vāsāḷa (वासाळ).—a (vāsa) That has contracted an offensive smell; fetid, rancid, rank, musty, frowzy.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Vaśālā (वशाला).—(or, v.l., Vaṇālā, Vanālā), name of a city, where the Buddha preached to the brahman Nadin: Mahāvastu iii.325.2, 10. In Pali this incident occurred at the Ajapāla Nigrodha (Nyagrodha), q.v., Vin. i.2.29 ff.
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 (+0): Tta, A la, Vasala, Ala, Vaca, Vasa, Vassa.
Starts with (+5): Vaasalat, Vacalai, Vacalakam, Vacalakan, Vacalam, Vacalan, Vasala Sutta, Vasalaccira, Vasaladhama, Vasaladhamma, Vasaladisamanna, Vasalagunayoga, Vasalajatika, Vasalaka, Vasalakarana, Vasalakkirai, Vasalanagara, Vasalanem, Vasalasamudacara, Vasalata.
Full-text (+0): Vasala Sutta, Vasalavada, Vasaladhama, Vasali, Vasalaka, Vasaladhamma, Vacalam, Vasalagunayoga, Vasaladisamanna, Vasalavohara, Vasalavadi, Vasalajatika, Vasalasamudacara, Vanala, Aggika Bharadvaja Sutta, Vasalakarana, Shab, Mangala Sutta, Aggika Bharadvaja, Pilinda Vaccha.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 341 < [Hindi-English-Nepali (1 volume)]
Page 12 < [Hindi-Assamese-English Volume 3]
Page 415 < [Gujarati-Hindi-English, Volume 3]
A Correct Vision (by Venerable Professor Dhammavihari)
The Catu-Bhanavara-Pali (critical study) (by Moumita Dutta Banik)
(6) Vasala sutta < [Chapter 4 - Subject Matter of the Third Bhanavara]
The third Bhanavara (Introduction) < [Chapter 4 - Subject Matter of the Third Bhanavara]
Mahayana Dharani and Theravada Paritta (study) (by Biswajit Sankar Bhattacharyya)
Part 2.27 - The Vasala Sutta (introduction) < [Chapter 3 - A survey of the Paritta Literature in the Theravāda]
Part 3 - Antiquity of the Dhāraṇī Texts and Paritta Suttas < [Chapter 4 - Antiquity of the Dhāraṇī and Paritta Literature]
Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XXIX - From Uruvilvā to Benares < [Volume III]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 408 - The Story of Venerable Piliṇḍavaccha < [Chapter 26 - Brāhmaṇa Vagga (The Brāhmaṇa)]