Bhikkhuni-samgha, Bhikkhunisamgha, Bhikkhunisaṃgha, Bhikkhunīsaṃgha: 2 definitions
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Bhikkhuni-samgha 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.
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Pali-English dictionary
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)1) bhikkhunisaṃgha�
(Burmese text): ဘိက္ခုနီမအပေါင်း၊ ဘိက္ခုနီသံဃာ။
(Auto-Translation): Buddhist monks and nuns.
2) bhikkhunīsaṃgha�
(Burmese text): ဘိက္ခုနီမအပေါင်း၊ ဘိက္ခုနီသံဃာ။
(Auto-Translation): Red and yellow, red monks.
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.
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Partial matches: Bhikkhuni, Samgha.
Full-text: Bhikkhunisamghamulaka, Bhikkhunisamghasantaka.
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Search found 4 books and stories containing Bhikkhuni-samgha, Bhikkhunisamgha, Bhikkhunisaṃgha, Bhikkhunī-saṃgha, Bhikkhunīsaṃgha; (plurals include: samghas, Bhikkhunisamghas, Bhikkhunisaṃghas, saṃghas, Bhikkhunīsaṃghas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Cullavagga, Khandaka 10, Chapter 19 < [Khandaka 10 - On the Duties of Bhikkhunis]
Cullavagga, Khandaka 10, Chapter 9 < [Khandaka 10 - On the Duties of Bhikkhunis]
Cullavagga, Khandaka 10, Chapter 11 < [Khandaka 10 - On the Duties of Bhikkhunis]
Vinaya (2): The Mahavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Mahavagga, Khandaka 8, Chapter 32 < [Khandaka 8 - The Dress of the Bhikkhus]
Mahavagga, Khandaka 2, Chapter 12 < [Khandaka 2 - The Uposatha Ceremony, and the Patimokkha]
Mahavagga, Khandaka 8, Chapter 15 < [Khandaka 8 - The Dress of the Bhikkhus]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 4 - Morality of the bhikṣuṇ� < [Section II.2 - Morality of the monastic or pravrajita]
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)