Pali literature is concerned mainly with Theravada Buddhism, of which Pali is the traditional language. The earliest and most important Pali literature...
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The Pāli Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language. It is the most complete...
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compound pāli-bhāsa, with pāli being interpreted as the name of a particular language.: 1 The name Pali does not appear in the canonical literature, and...
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Buddhist texts (redirect from Pali Sutras)
collection, unlike the Pāli Tripiṭaka, contains Mahāyāna sūtras, Śāstras (scholastic treatises), and Esoteric Buddhist literature. According to Hsuan Hua...
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Five hindrances (section In Pali Literature)
tradition, the five hindrances (Sinhala: පඤ්ච නීවරණ, romanized: pañca nīvaraṇa; Pali: pañca nīvaraṇāni) are identified as mental factors that hinder progress...
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Abhijñā (section Pali literature)
supramundane, meaning the extinction of all mental intoxicants (āsava). In Pali literature, abhiññā refers to both the direct apprehension of dhamma (translated...
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Seven Factors of Awakening (section Pali literature)
In Buddhism, the Seven Factors of Awakening (Pali: satta bojjhaṅgā or satta sambojjhaṅgā; Skt.: sapta bodhyanga) are: Mindfulness (sati, Sanskrit smṛti)...
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Udumbara (Buddhism) (section Pali literature)
In Buddhism, udumbara (Pali, Sanskrit; lit. 'auspicious flower from heaven') refers to the tree, flower and fruit of the Ficus racemosa (syn. Ficus glomerata)...
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corpus of Pāli literature, including the Pāli Canon, as well as commentarial, exegetical texts, and histories. It publishes translations of many Pāli texts...
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Sanskrit literature developed rapidly during the first few centuries of the first millennium BCE, as did the Pāli Canon and Tamil Sangam literature.[citation...
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Four Right Exertions (section In the Pali literature)
Pitaka and Pali commentaries. Additionally, a similar-sounding but different concept, the "four exertions," is referenced in the literature as well. These...
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with enlightened beings. Pāramī and pāramitā are both terms in Pali but Pali literature makes greater reference to pāramī, while Mahayana texts generally...
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eternal knowledge, which they composed into hymns. The term appears in Pali literature as Ishi; in Buddhism they can be either Buddhas, Paccekabuddhas, Arahats...
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Kleshas (Buddhism) (category Articles containing Pali-language text)
and mental states. In the Pali Canon's Abhidhamma and post-canonical Pali literature, ten defilements are identified, the first three of which – greed,...
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Mahavamsa, Manimekalai, Mahabharata and also in other Sanskrit and Pali literature. They were generally represented as a class of super-humans taking...
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Vīrya (category Articles containing Pali-language text)
Abhidharma, virya is commonly translated as diligence. In Buddhism's Pali literature, viriya is identified as critical component in each of the following...
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Nekkhamma (section In the Pali literature)
Nekkhamma (𑀦𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀫𑁆𑀫; Sanskrit: नैष्क्राम्य, romanized: naiṣkrāmya) is a Pāli word generally translated as "renunciation" or "the pleasure of renunciation"...
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Sukha (category CS1 Pali-language sources (pi))
elimination of dukha is the raison d'être of early Buddhism. In the Pali Canon and related literature, the term is used in a general sense to refer to "well-being...
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Buddhism: Pali Literature and Monastic Reform in Sri Lanka, 1157–1270, p.63. UCL Press. Gornall, Alastair (2020). Rewriting Buddhism: Pali Literature and Monastic...
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Atthakatha (redirect from Pali commentaries)
Aṭṭhakathā (Pali for explanation, commentary) refers to Pali-language Theravadin Buddhist commentaries to the canonical Theravadin Tipitaka. These commentaries...
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Āyatana (category Articles containing Pali-language text)
Āyatana (Pāli; Sanskrit: आयतन) is a Buddhist term that has been translated as "sense base", "sense-media" or "sense sphere". In Buddhism, there are six...
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mythology. He is also sometimes referred to as Sabbalokādhipatī Devā in Pali literature. His main duty is to give spiritual knowledge. Maheshvara is sometimes...
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Nāga (section Literature)
texts such as Mahavamsa, Manimekalai, and also in other Sanskrit and Pali literature. They are generally represented as a class of superhumans taking the...
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Upekṣā (category CS1 Pali-language sources (pi))
Upekshā (Pali: 𑀉𑀧𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸, romanized: upekkhā) is the Buddhist concept of equanimity. As one of the brahmaviharas or "virtues of the "Brahma realm"...
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Bodhipakkhiyādhammā (section In the Pali literature)
In Buddhism, the bodhipakkhiyā dhammā (Pali; variant spellings include bodhipakkhikā dhammā and bodhapakkhiyā dhammā; Skt.: bodhipakṣa dharma) are qualities...
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Mahāvaṃsa (category Pali Buddhist texts)
Mahāvaṃsa (Sinhala: මහාවංශ (Mahāvansha), Pali: මහාවංස (Mahāvaṃsa)) is the meticulously kept historical chronicle of Sri Lanka until the period of Mahasena...
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Theravada (category Articles containing Pali-language text)
BCE onwards. It was in Sri Lanka that the Pāli Canon was written down and the school's commentary literature developed. From Sri Lanka, the Theravāda Mahāvihāra...
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2014-12-21. Hinüber (1996), A Handbook of Pāli Literature, p. 43. "Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines (Pali dictionary)". palikanon.com. Retrieved 2014-12-21...
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Vijñāna (category Articles containing Pali-language text)
terms of Early Buddhism's Pali literature as well as in the literature of other Buddhist schools. Throughout Pali literature, viññāṇa can be found as one...
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Abhidhamma Piṭaka (category Pali literature)
Reference USA. pp. 1–7. ISBN 0-02-865719-5. Kanai Lal Hazra, Pali Language and Literature - A Systematic Survey and Historical Survey, 1994, Vol. 1, page...
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