Gavampati, 骋补惫腻尘辫补迟颈, 骋补惫腻峁僷补迟颈, Gava峁僷ati: 10 definitions
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Gavampati Thera - An arahant. He was a son of a setthi in Benares, and one of the four lay companions of the Thera Yasa, who, when they heard of Yasas renunciation, imitated him and won arahant ship. Later, Gavampati lived in the Anjanavana at Saketa. One day, when the Buddha visited the Anjanavana, some of the monks accompanying him slept on the sandbanks of the Sarabhu. The river rose in the night and there was great dismay. The Buddha sent Gavampati to stem the flood, which he did by his iddhi power. The water stopped afar off, looking like a mountain peak.
In the time of Sikhi Buddha he was a huntsman and seeing the Buddha offered him flowers. Later he built a parasol and a railing for the thupa of Konagamana. In the time of Kassapa Buddha he was a rich house holder possessed of many cattle. One day he saw an arahant eating his meal in the sun for lack of shade, and built for him a shelter and planted in front of it a sirisa tree. As a result he was born in the Catummaharajika world, and his palace was known as Serissaka. (Vin.i.18f.; Thag.v.38; ThagA.i.103f; VvA.331f; DA.iii.814 gives a slightly different version of the origin of the Serissaka vimana).
Gavampati was the teacher of Mahanaga, son of Madhu Vasettha (ThagA.i.443). It is said that the Serissaka vimana, occupied by Gavampati, remained in the Catummaharajika world even after he had left it. (D.ii.356f; DA.iii.814 says he went there because he found the climate (utu) more agreeable. SNA.i.347 says it was because he, like Pindola bharadvaja, loved his old haunts).
There Gavampati often spent his siesta and held conversations with Payasi, who sent through him a message to the inhabitants of the earth, that they should profit by the example of him (Payasi) and discriminate in the bestowal of their gifts.
The Dulva mentions (Rockhill, p.149f) that after the Buddhas death, when Maha Kassapa wished to hold a Convocation of the chief monks, Punna was sent as a special messenger to summon Gavampati, who was then in the Serissaka vimana. But Gavampati did not attend, his death being imminent. Instead he sent his bowl and three robes as a gift to the Sangha.
Immediately afterwards he died, and Punna carried out his funeral rites.
Gavampati is evidently identical with Girinelapujaka of the Apadana (ii.457).
See also Gavampati Sutta below.
2. Gavampati - The Sasanavamsa (p.36f) speaks of a Thera by this name, at whose request the Buddha went to Sudhammapura in the Ramanna country to establish his religion. In a previous life Gavampati was born of an egg laid by a Naga maiden who had relations with a vijja dhara. The egg was hatched and a child was born, but it died at the age of ten and was reborn at Mithila as Gavampati. He joined the Order at the age of seven and became an arahant.
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).
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra骋补惫腻尘辫补迟颈 (啶椸さ啶距ぎ啷嵿お啶むた), one of the heroes of the first council, before settling permanently in the vim膩na of the 艢ir墨峁, went to the pratyanta-janapada or frontier countries, i.e., Suvar峁嘺bh奴mi, by the Buddha鈥檚 order (Ken pen chouo鈥� tsa che), and to believe the Karmavibha峁単a, which claims that, in the Land of Gold, the saint 骋补惫腻尘辫补迟颈 converted the population for a hundred leagues.
According to the Burmese tradition: 鈥淜ing Thiri-Matauka had been informed that, after the death of Gaudama, a Rahan named Gambawatti (骋补惫腻尘辫补迟颈) had brought thirty-two teeth of the Buddha and placed them in a dzedi (caitya) on Mount Ind-Danou north-west of Thatum (in P膩li, capital of Burma, between the mouths of the Sittang and the Salouen)鈥�.
Even today, 骋补惫腻尘辫补迟颈, under the name Gavompade, is one of the favorite saints of the Mons and the Talaing sof Burma.
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 Buddhism骋补惫腻尘辫补迟颈 (啶椸さ啶距ぎ啷嵿お啶むた) is the name of a 艢r膩vaka mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Ma帽ju艣r墨m奴lakalpa: one of the largest Kriy膩 Tantras devoted to Ma帽ju艣r墨 (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Ma帽ju艣r墨 and were taught to and by Buddha 艢膩kyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including 骋补惫腻尘辫补迟颈).
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary骋补惫腻峁僷补迟颈 (啶椸さ啶距啶い啶�).鈥�
1) The chief cattle, a bull.
2) A cowherd.
3) An epithet of the sun; also of fire.
Derivable forms: 驳补惫腻峁僷补迟颈岣� (啶椸さ啶距啶い啶苦).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary骋补惫腻峁僷补迟颈 (啶椸さ啶距啶い啶�).鈥�(= Pali Gavampati), (1) name of a disciple of Buddha: 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 1051; 厂补诲诲丑补谤尘补辫耻峁囜笉补谤墨办补 2.4; Lalitavistara 1.10 (see s.v. 驰补艣辞诲别惫补); (膧谤测补-)惭补帽箩耻艣谤墨尘奴濒补办补濒辫补 111.12; 厂耻办丑腻惫补迟墨惫测奴丑补 92.8; Karmavibha峁単a (and Karmavibha峁単opade艣a) 62.3; (2) name of a n膩ga- king: 碍腻谤补峁囜笉补惫惫奴丑补 2.10 (compare 2 Gavampati, in Malalasekara (Dictionary of Pali Proper Names), who had once been born to a n膩ga girl).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 骋补惫腻尘辫补迟颈 (啶椸さ啶距ぎ啷嵿お啶むた):鈥擺=驳补惫腻尘-辫补迟颈] [from gav膩m > gav] m. (gav膩m pati, [Taittir墨ya-br膩hma峁嘺 iii]) 鈥榗ow-lord鈥�, a bull, [Mah膩bh膩rata iii, 11737; iv, 588]
2) [v.s. ...] 鈥榣ord of rays鈥�, Name of the sun, [iii, 192]
3) [v.s. ...] of Agni, 14182
4) [v.s. ...] of a snake demon, [K膩ra峁囜笉a-vy奴ha i, 18]
5) [v.s. ...] of a, [Buddhist literature] mendicant, [Lalita-vistara i, 6 f.; Saddharma-pu峁囜笉ar墨ka i.]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Pali-English dictionary
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipi峁璦ka P膩岣穒-Myanmar Dictionary (醼愥��曖��嬦��-醼曖��犪��欋�坚�斸�横�欋�� 醼♂�樶��撫��斸��)1) gavampati鈥�
(Burmese text): (醽�) 醼傖�濁�夺�曖�愥��欋�娽�横�炨�搬亱 (醽�) 醼斸�结��羔�愥���丰亸-醼♂�涐�踞�勧��-醼♂��醼坚��羔�♂�欋�踞�搬�羔亰 醼斸�结��羔�溼��羔亱
(Auto-Translation): (1) Who is Gawampati? (2) The lord of the cows, the great master, is it a cow?
2) gava峁僷ati鈥�
(Burmese text): (醽�) 醼傖�濁�夺�曖�愥��欋�娽�横�炨�搬亱 (醽�) 醼斸�结��羔�愥���丰亸-醼♂�涐�踞�勧��-醼♂��醼坚��羔�♂�欋�踞�搬�羔亰 醼斸�结��羔�溼��羔亱
(Auto-Translation): (1) Who is Gawampati? (2) The chief of the cows, the master of the cows.
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: Gavam, Go, Pati, Patti.
Starts with: Gavampatithera.
Full-text: Gopatidhvaja, Gopaticapa, Yashodeva, Gavampatithera, Gaupatya, Kshinashrava, Girinelapujaka, Serissaka, Serisaka, Shirishavana, Sahajati, Sarabhu, Mahashravaka, Payasi, Ancanavana, Gopa, Ceti, Mahanaga, Yasa.
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