Rohitassa, Rohitass膩, Rohita-assa: 3 definitions
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Rohitassa 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)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Rohitassa. A devaputta. He once visited the Buddha at Jetavana and asked if one could, by travelling, reach the end of the world where there would be no birth, old age, death, etc. The Buddha said that such was not possible. The devaputta then confessed that he had, in a previous life, been a sage called Rohitassa, a Bhojaputta of great psychic powers, able in one stride to cross from the western ocean to the eastern. The Commentary (SA.i.92) adds that he would wash in the Anotatta Lake and go to eat in Uttarakuru. With such a stride, he had travelled for one hundred years, and yet failed to reach the worlds end, where there was no birth, old age, death, etc. That was true, agreed the Buddha; in this fathom long body is the world, its origin, its making and end, likewise the practice which leads to such end. S.i.61f.; repeated at A.ii.47f.
2. Rohitassa. A sage, described as Bhojaputta. See Rohitassa (I).
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The legendary inhabitants of Rajagaha, in the time of Konagamana Buddha.
At that time, Mount Vipula was called Vankaka.
The life of a Rohitassa was thirty thousand years.
The people took three days to climb Vipula and three to descend it. S.ii.191.
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: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryrohitassa (醼涐�贬��熱��愥��) [(th墨,pu) (醼戓�亰醼曖��)]鈥�
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Rohita, Assaka.
Starts with: Rohitassa Sutta, Rohitassa Vagga.
Full-text: Rohitassa Sutta, Rohitassa Vagga, Ruhaka Jataka, Rohita, Bhojaputta, Vepulla, Bhoja, Konagamana.
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The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)
6.6. Where Nibb膩na is < [Chapter 4 - Comparative Study of Liberation in Jainism and Buddhism]
Abhidhamma in Daily Life (by Nina Van Gorkom)
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 1 - The story of the monk Cakkhup膩la < [Chapter 1 - Yamaka Vagga (Twin Verses)]
Verse 188-192 - The Story of Aggidatta < [Chapter 14 - Buddha Vagga (The Buddha鈥�)]
Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
(a) Sagatha Vagga Samyutta Pali < [Chapter VI - Samyutta Nikaya]
The Buddha and His Teachings (by Narada Thera)