Gimhana, Gimhāna: 4 definitions
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Gimhana 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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: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarygimhāna : (m.) summer.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryGimhāna, (adj. -n.) (orig. Gen. pl. of gimhā=gimhāna�, fr. combination gimhāna(�) māse, in a month of summer) of summer, summerly, the summer season A.IV, 138 (+hemanta & vassa); Sn.233 (gimhānamāse); VvA.40 (v. l.). On terms for seasons in Gen. cp. Miln.trsl. II.113. (Page 251)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarygimhāna (ဂိမှာ�) [(pu) (ပ�)]�
[gira+māna．girati pīḷayatīti gimhāno,māno,rassa hoç vaṇṇavipariyāyo ca�,ṭ�.78.]
[ဂိ�+မာန။ ဂိရတ� ပီဠယတီတ� ဂိမှာနော၊ မာနော၊ ရ� ဟေ�,ဝဏ္ဏဝိပရိယာယေ� စ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၇၈။]
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)Բ�
(Burmese text): နွေ၊ နွေရာသီ၊ နွေဥတု။
(Auto-Translation): Summer, summer season, summer weather.
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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Starts with: Gimhanamasa, Gimhananamaka.
Full-text: Gimhanamasa, Grishmanamase, Vesiyana, Vassana, Masha.
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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 308 - The Monks Who Lived on the Bank of the Vaggumudā River < [Chapter 22 - Niraya Vagga (Hell�)]
The Buddha and His Teachings (by Narada Thera)
Milindapanha (questions of King Milinda) (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Chapter 7: The obstacles < [Book 4 - The Solving of Dilemmas]