Vayodhatu, Vāyodhātu, Vayo-dhatu: 6 definitions
Introduction:
Vayodhatu means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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)
'wind-element'; s. dhātu.
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)
Air (or wind) element (vāyo-dhātu): Internal air elements includes
- air associated with the pulmonary system (for example, for breathing),
- the intestinal system ("winds in the belly and ... bowels"), etc.
Also see: Mahābhūta;
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
vāyodhātu : (f.) the mobile principle.
Vāyodhātu refers to: the wind element, wind as one of the four great elements, wind as a general principle (consisting of var. kinds: see enumerated under vāta) Vbh. 84; Vism. 363; Nett 74; VbhA. 55; VvA. 15; DA. I, 194. (Page 609)
Note: vāyodhātu is a Pali compound consisting of the words vāyo and dhātu.
vāyodhātu (ဝါယောဓာတု) [(thī,pu) (ထီ၊ပု)]—
[vāya+dhātu．ya-eiea a- o-pru．ka,183．rū．48,386．vāyudhātu-saṃ．]
[ဝါယ+ဓာတု။ ယ-၏ အ-ကို ဩ-ပြု။ကစ္စည်း၊ ၁၈၃။ရူ။၄၈၊၃၈၆။ဝါယုဓာတု-သံ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
vāyodhātu—
(Burmese text): ဝါယောဓာတ်၊ လေဓာတ်၊ ထောက်ကန်-လှုပ်ရှား-တတ်သော သဘော။
(Auto-Translation): Electricity, air, and the principle of being able to move and act.
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: Vayo, Dhatu, Vaya.
Starts with: Vayodhatuadhika, Vayodhatuggahana, Vayodhatukicca, Vayodhatuniddesa, Vayodhatunirodha, Vayodhatunirodhagami, Vayodhatunissaya, Vayodhatupakopa, Vayodhatusamudaya, Vayodhatuvipphara.
Full-text: Vayodhatuadhika, Vayodhatusamudaya, Bahisamutthitavayodhatu, Vayodhatunissaya, Vayodhatuggahana, Vayodhatuniddesa, Cittasamutthanavayodhatu, Vayodhatukicca, Vayodhatuvipphara, Abhinnananasamutthitavayodhatuparampara, Vayodhatupakopa, Cittakiriyavayodhatuvipphara, Vayodhatunirodha, Wind Element, Dhatu, Thambhitatta, Bhautika, Vada.
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