Yudhitthila: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Yudhitthila. Son of the Pandu king and one of the five husbands of Kanha. J.v.424, 426.
2. Yudhitthila. Son of Sabbadatta, king of Ramma, and younger brother of the Bodhisatta, born as Yuvanjaya. He is identified with Ananda. See the Yuvanjaya Jataka.
3. Yudhitthila. The name of a gotta to which Dhananjaya, king of the Kurus, belonged (J.iii.400; v. 59, etc.). Mention is made also of a Koravyaraja of the Yudhitthilagotta (J.iv.361). Probably the kings of the Kurus (q.v.) belonged mostly to a dynasty that claimed its descent from Yudhitthila (Yudhisthira?).
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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Full-text: Yuvanjaya Jataka, Dasabrahmana Jataka, Nakula, Dhananjaya, Kuru.
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