Kanthaka, 碍补峁囜弓丑补办补, Kamthaka: 11 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
: academia.edu: Bhoja鈥檚 Mechanical Garden碍补峁囜弓丑补办补 (啶曕ぃ啷嵿啶�) is the name of Buddha鈥檚 horse, a statue of whom was used to hide his relics, as mentioned in the 12th century Lokapa帽帽ati (鈥渄escription of the world鈥�), a Pali text from Burma.鈥擺...] King Aj膩tasattu (Sanskrit: Aj膩ta艣atru) of P膩峁璦liputta used a collection of sword-wielding automata to guard a secret place where he enshrined the relics of the Buddha in the belly of a statue of the Buddha鈥檚 horse 碍补峁囜弓丑补办补. But after his death, the location of the relic shrine became lost. Later, the king鈥檚 descendant the famous Emperor Asoka became aware of a prophecy that he would become a righteous world ruler (cakkavattin) over Jambud墨pa and that he would take the relics of the Buddha鈥檚 body and with them build 84,000 蝉迟奴辫补蝉. [...]
Asoka is led to this mound [where the statue of 碍补峁囜弓丑补办补 was situated] and had his men dig it up, revealing a succession of roofs built over a circular enclosure in which was located a beautiful temple covered in gems and surrounded by seven walls. It was guarded by a multitude of automata that circled the area assailing everything within their reach in order to protect the relics. [...] The son of the artisan who had brought the technology from Roma, who was still alive, came forward. Asoka ordered him to dismantle the automata, which he did. Asoka then entered the precincts of the temple and arrived at its sanctum and the statue of 碍补峁囜弓丑补办补. After circumambulating it three times, a mechanical door in the statue opened revealing a box in which a relic shone like a diamond. Asoka and his courtiers worshiped it and enshrined it in a temple.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe horse on which Gotama left his fathers palace, accompanied by his attendant Channa. It is said that when Kanthaka was saddled for the journey, he realised the importance of the hour and neighed loudly for joy, but the gods muffled the sound of his neighing as also that of his footsteps as he galloped through the streets; ordinarily the sound of his neighing and galloping could be heard throughout Kapilavatthu. He was eighteen cubits long from neck to tail and proportionately broad, quite white in colour, like a clean conch shell.
In this journey of Gotama, Channa held on to Kanthakas tail. The horse had the strength, had it been necessary, to clear the ramparts of the city, eighteen hands high, at one bound, with the prince and Channa on his back. Just outside Kapilavatthu the prince stopped the horse, in order to take a last look at the city. A cetiya was later erected on this spot and called Kanthakanivatta cetiya. The horse travelled thirty leagues between midnight and the following morning, as far as the river Anoma. It is said that Kanthaka could travel round the whole cakka vala in one night. With one leap the horse cleared the river, which was eight fathoms wide. On arriving on the opposite bank, the Bodhisatta gave orders that Kanthaka should be taken back to Kapilavatthu, but Kanthaka kept looking back at his master, and when the Bodhisatta disappeared from view the horse died of a broken heart, and was reborn in Tavatimsa under the name of Kanthaka devaputta. (J.i.62-5; Mtu.ii.159f., 165, 189, 190; VibhA.34, etc.; Buddhacarita, v.3, 68; vi.53ff).
Kanthaka was born on the same day as the Bodhisatta (J.i.54; BuA.106, 234, etc.). In heaven he had a magnificent palace of veluriya gems, which Moggallana visited on one of his tours in Tavatimsa. (Vv.73f;-VVA.311-18; see also DhA.i.70; iii.195).
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Therav膩da 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
Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary1) 碍补峁囜弓丑补办补, 2 N. of Gotama鈥檚 horse, on which he left his father鈥檚 palace Mhbv 25; spelt kanthaka at J. I, 54, 62 sq. (Page 179)
2) 碍补峁囜弓丑补办补, 1 thorn, see 办补峁囜弓补办补. (Page 179)
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary办补峁囜弓丑补ka (啶曕啶犩).鈥攁 (办补峁囜弓丑补峁嚹抚箖) Possessed of fortitude, enduring, patient.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English办补峁囜弓丑补ka (啶曕啶犩).鈥�a Possessed of fortitude, enduring.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary碍补峁囜弓丑补办补 (啶曕ぃ啷嵿啶�).鈥�m. (1) as in Pali, alternative spelling for 办补峁囜弓补办补, thorn: 厂补诲诲丑补谤尘补辫耻峁囜笉补谤墨办补 420.4; 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 i.91.16; 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 350.8 掳k膩n uddharati; see also next, and p峁涐梗峁環i-办补峁囜弓丑补ka; (2) name of the Bodhisattva's horse (here as in Pali also Kanthaka, but rarely): Ka峁囜弓h掳 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 i.154.6 ff.; ii.114.14; 159.13 ff.; 189.2 ff.; iii.120.4; 262.5; dies mourning for the B.'s departure, ii.190.9, and is reborn as a god of the same name, 11; Lalitavistara 94.14; 95.11; 217.11; 221.8; 225.8 ff.; 228.17 ff.; spelling Kanthaka noted only 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 4772.
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Kanthaka (啶曕え啷嵿ぅ啶�).鈥攕ee 碍补峁囜弓丑补办补 (2).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 碍补峁囜弓丑补办补 (啶曕ぃ啷嵿啶�):鈥擺from 办补峁囜弓丑补] m. an ornament for the neck, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of the horse of 艢膩kyamuni, [Lalita-vistara]
3) Kanthaka (啶曕え啷嵿ぅ啶�):鈥�m. Name of a man [gana] 驳补谤驳腻诲颈, [P膩峁噄ni 4-1, 105]
4) (= 办补峁囜弓丑补ka) Buddha鈥檚 horse, [Buddha-carita]
5) 碍补苍迟丑补办腻 (啶曕え啷嵿ぅ啶曕ぞ):鈥擺from kanthaka] f. a species of Opuntia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) 碍腻苍迟丑补办补 (啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ啶ム):鈥�n. 鈥榗oming from the town Kanth膩鈥�, a particular substance, [P膩峁噄ni 4-2, 103.]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)碍补峁囜弓丑补办补 (啶曕ぃ啷嵿啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: 碍补峁冡弓丑补测补, 碍补峁僼丑补办补, 碍补迟丑补峁僩补, 碍补峁僼丑补测补.
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary碍补峁僼丑补办补 (啶曕啶ム) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Kanthaka.
碍补峁僼丑补办补 has the following synonyms: 碍补迟丑补峁僩补, 碍补峁僼丑补测补.
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.
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