Vediya, Vediyaka: 1 definition
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Vediya 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)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA mountain to the north of Ambasanda, in which was the Indasalaguha, where the Buddha stayed. The mountain was bathed in radiance when Sakka visited the Buddha on the occasion of the preaching of the Sakkapanha Sutta (D.ii.263, 264).
Buddhaghosa says (DA.iii.697) that the mountain was so called because its base was covered with a forest belt, which looked like a jewel railing (manivedika).
On the mountain lived an owl, who would accompany the Buddha half way to the village when he went for alms, and return with him. One day the owl stood with lowered wings, its claws clasped together. The Buddha smiled when he saw it, and, in reply to Anandas question, said that the owl, after spending one hundred thousand kappas among gods and men, would become a Pacceka Buddha named Somanassa.
MA.i.255 f; cp. KhpA.151, where the mountain is called Vedisaka.
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).
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Vediyadayaka, Vediyamana, Vediyams, Vediyas, Vediyati, Vetiyal, Vetiyar.
Ends with: Krishnayajurvediya, Mahavakyartha atharvavediya, Nivediya, Paravediya, Rigvediya, Samavediya, Yajurvediya.
Full-text: Vedisaka, Paravediya, Ambasanda, Indasalaguha, Vedeti.
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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 2 - The Buddha’s Discourse to Sakka (Sakka Pañha Sutta) < [Chapter 39 - How the Āṭānāṭiya Paritta came to be Taught]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 8 - Rājagṛha: The Nodal Centre on the Emergence < [Chapter I - The Case Study of Rājagṛha]