Abbhasa: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Abbhasa means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit. 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)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesEleven kappas ago there were thirty five kings of the name of Abbhasa, all former births of Nita Thera.
(ThagA.i.182) (v.l. Ambaramsa).
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
Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Abbhasa (अब्भ�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Abhyas.
2) Abbhāsa (अब्भास) also relates to the Sanskrit word: .
3) Abbhāsa (अब्भास) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Abhyas.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryabbhāsa (အဗ္ဘာ�) [(pu) (ပ�)]�
[abhi+asa+ṇa. (abhyāsa-sa�)]
[အဘ�+အ�+ဏ။ (အဘျာ�-သ�)]
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)�
(Burmese text): (�) အဖန်ဖန�-ပစ်ခ�-ဖြစ်စ�-ခြင်း၊ လေ့ကျင့်ခြင်း၊ လေ့လာခြင်း၊ အားထုတ်ခြင်း။ အဘျာ�-လည်းကြည့်။ (�) ရှေးရှူပစ်ချအပ်သေ�-တိုးပွါးစေအပ်သေ�-အက္ခရာ၊ အဗ္ဘာသအက္ခရာ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) To cause to be messy, practice, study, strive. Also look at the reason. (2) The letters that are encouraged to be viewed, the letters that are emphasized.
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: Abhi, Asha, Na.
Starts with: Abbhasama, Abbhasampilapa, Abbhasana.
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