Gavapana, Gavapāna, Gava-pana: 3 definitions
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Gavapana 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 NamesThe name of a special almsgiving held in honour of Mangala Buddha by the Bodhisatta, when he was born as the brabmin Suruci. The chief item of food was a kind of pudding made of milk, rice and honey. Bu.iv.11; BuA.122.
Theravāda 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 Dictionarygavapāna (ဂဝပါ�) [(na) (�)]�
[gava+pāna．]]gavapānanti etthakatha]]nti]]¿ ettha pana gobhinibbatta� khīra� gava�,pātabbaṭṭhena pāna�,gavañca ta� pānañcāti gavapānanti bhavati．nīti,sutta.229.]
[ဂ�+ပါန။ ＂ဂဝပါနန္တ� ဧတ္ထကထ＂န္တိ＂¿ ဧတ္� ပ� ဂေါဘိနိဗ္ဗတ္တ� ခီရ� ဂဝံ၊ ပါတဗ္ဗဋ္ဌေ� ပါနံ၊ ဂဝဉ္� တ� ပါနဉ္စာတ� ဂဝပါနန္တ� ဘဝတိ။ နီတိ၊ သုတ္တ။၂၂၉။]
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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