Bakkula, B膩kkula: 4 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraBakkula (啶啷嵿啷佮げ) is the (Sanskrit) name of a Bhik峁 during the time of Buddha Vipa艣yin, according to the 2nd century Mah膩praj帽膩p膩ramit膩艣膩stra chapter 36.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥渢hus, at the time of the Buddha 笔颈-辫鈥檕-肠丑别 (Vipa艣yin), the Bhik峁 Po-kiu-lo (Bakkula) offered a 补-濒颈-濒枚 (har墨tak墨) fruit to the Community. For ninety-one kalpas he enjoyed happiness among gods and men. He was never sick. And today, having met the Buddha 艢膩kyamuni, he went forth from home (pravrajita), destroyed his impurities (办峁Ｄ箛腻蝉谤补惫补) and became Arhat鈥�.
Note: This is a well-known monk called Bakkula, Vakula and V膩kula in Sanskrit; Bakkula, B膩kula and Vakkula in P膩li. The name means 鈥楾wo families鈥� (dvakkula, dvikkula): actually, during his last lifetime, Bakkula had taken birth in a wealthy family in Kau艣amb墨, but when his nurse was bathing him in the Yamun膩, he was swallowed by a fish. [...] At the age of eighty, Bakkula met the Buddha, entered into the monastic order and, after seven days, attained the state of Arhat. He lived for eighty more years, clothed in rags and tatters, declining any offering of food and refusing to preach even a stanza of two p膩das. The Buddha designated him as the foremost of those free of sickness and with few desires. After his death, a 蝉迟奴辫补 was built for him.
In the Mah膩karmavibha峁単a, Bakkula is given as the son of Dharmaya艣as, king of Ka艣mir.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beingsBakkula (啶啷嵿啷佮げ) is another name for Bakula鈥攐ne of the Sixteen Arhats (known in Tibetan as gnas brtan bcu drug) who were chosen by Buddha Shakyamuni to remain in the world and protect the Dharma until the arrival of the future Buddha Maitreya. They vowed to maintain the Dharma for as long as beings could benefit from it. These legendary Arhats [e.g., Bakkula] were revered in countries such as China, Japan, India and Tibet鈥攁 tradition which continues up until this day, for example in Zen Buddhism and Tibetan art.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryBakkula, (=vy膩kula? Morris, J. P. T. S. 1886, 94) a demon, uttering horrible cries, a form assumed by the Yakkha Ajakal膩paka, to terrify the Buddha Ud. 5 (see also 膩kul墨, where p膩kula is proposed for bakkula). (Page 481)
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryBakkula (啶啷嵿啷佮げ) or Bakula or Vakkula or Vakula or Vatkula.鈥�(1) (= Pali Bakkula, B膩kula, Vakkula), name of a disciple of Buddha: Bakkula 厂补诲诲丑补谤尘补辫耻峁囜笉补谤墨办补 2.5; 207.4; Bakula (the same per- son?) Karmavibha峁単a (and Karmavibha峁単opade艣a) 76.11, called king of Kashmir and son of Dharmaya艣as, noted for his health and long life, which in Pali is a characteristic of the thera Ba掳; Vakkula Lalitavistara 2.2 (v.l. Vakula; Tibetan Ba ku la); 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨惫测奴丑补 92.8; 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 1065 (var. Vakula; Tibetan Ba ku la, or Bag ku la); Vakula 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨惫测奴丑补 2.9; 惭奴濒补-厂补谤惫腻蝉迟颈惫腻诲补-痴颈苍补测补 i.192.18 ff.; Vatkula 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 396.2 f.; (2) name of two vak峁s: 惭补丑腻-惭腻测奴谤墨 6, 54 (L茅vi Vakula).
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.
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Full-text: Vakula, Vakkula, Vatkula, Dharmayashas, Pakula, Akuli, Sixteen arhats, Yamuna, Acela Kassapa, Anomadassi, Kosambi, Anoma.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Ch枚dr枚n)
Avad膩na of Bakkula < [III. Recollection of the community (sa峁僩膩nusm峁泃i)]
III.3. Community, the best field of merit < [III. Recollection of the community (sa峁僩膩nusm峁泃i)]
II. The practice of the 鈥榤inor鈥� perfections < [Part 1 - Obtaining easily an immense qualification]
Milindapanha (questions of King Milinda) (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Chapter 5c: Bakkula鈥檚 superiority to the Buddha < [Book 4 - The Solving of Dilemmas]
Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas (by K.T.S. Sarao)
2.5(c). Majjhima Nik膩ya (The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
Part III - Su帽帽ata Vagga < [(c) Uparipannasa Pali]
Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by 脩膩峁嘺moli Bhikkhu)
B. Description of the Truths (sacca) < [Chapter XVI - The Faculties and Truths (indriya-sacca-niddesa)]
(1) The Kinds of Supernormal Power < [Chapter XII - The Supernormal Powers (iddhividha-niddesa)]
Chapter II - The Ascetic Practices (Dhuta峁単a-niddesa) < [Part 1 - Virtue (S墨la)]
Lotus Sutra (by Tsugunari Kubo)