Vavatthana, Vavatthāna: 4 definitions
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Vavatthana 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: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines'determining', defining. In its application to insight meditation, this term occurred first in Pts.M. (I, p. 53); but in a verbal form, as a past participle, already in M.111: tyassa dhammā anupada-vavatthitā honti, "these things (the mental factors) were determined by him (i.e. Sāriputta) successively" (s. Abh. St., p. 54).
In Vis.M. XX, 130, it is said: 'The determining of the truth of suffering is effected with the determining of mind-and-body in the purification of view (s. visuddhi III). The determining of the truth of origination is effected with the discerning of conditions in the purification by transcending doubt (s. visuddhi IV). The determining of the truth of the path is effected by emphasis on the right path in the purification by knowledge and vision of what is path and not-path (s. visuddhi V). Thus the determining of the 3 truths (suffering, origin, path) has been first effected by means of mundane (lokiya, q.v.) knowledge only." -
See sammasana, visuddhi.
For the determining of the 4 physical elements, s. dhātuvavatthāna.
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: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryVavatthāna, (nt.) (fr. vi+ava+ ٳ; cp. late Sk. vyavaٳna which occurs in Ep. Sk. in meaning “stay�) determination, resolution, arrangement, fixing, analysis Ps. I, 53; Vin. IV, 289; Vism. 111, 236 (=nimitta), 347 (definition); Miln. 136; KhA 23. (Page 604)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary1) vavatthāna (ဝဝတ္ထာ�) [(na) (�)]�
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ǶǶĐĹđĬ�+ဒĿĔ]
2) vavatthāna (ဝဝတ္ထာ�) [(na) (�)]�
[vi+ava+thā+ṇe+yu．nītidhātu�68．vyavaٳna-saṃ．sakkata-piṭaka．]
[ဝ�+အ�+ထ�+ဏ�+ယု။ နီတိဓာတု။ ၆၈။ဝျဝသ္ထာ�-သံ။ သက္က�-ပိဋက။]
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)1) vavatthāna�
(Burmese text): (�) မရောမယှက်တည်စ�-ပိုင်းခြာ�-မှတ်သာ�-ဆုံးဖြတ�-ခြင်း။ (�) ပုဒ်ဖြတ်ခြင်း၊ ပုဒ်ဖြတ်၍ ရွတ်ဖတ်ခြင်း။ (�) ပိုင်းခြာ�-ဆုံးဖြတ�-တတ်သော။ (�) ဆုံးဖြတ်ကြောင်းစကား။ (�) ပိုင်းခြာ�-ပိုင်းခြား၍ယ�-သိမ်းဆည်�-အထူးထူးအပြားပြားရှုမှတ�-ရ� (ကာ�)� (�) (က) မှတ်သာ� အပ်သေ� အပိုင်းအခြား။ (�) အပိုင်းအခြား။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Keep distinct without confusion - divide - note - decide. (2) Quotation, reading by quoting. (3) Able to divide - decide. (4) Deciding statement. (5) Dividing - dividing to take - store - observe in special detail (period). (6) (a) Noted separate segment. (b) Other segments.
2) vavatthāna�
(Burmese text): ပိုင်းခြာ�-မှတ်သာ�-၍ပြခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): Division - Marking - Displaying.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Yu, Dassana, Ne, Vavatthana, Vi, Ava, Tha, Dhavala.
Starts with: Vavatthanabhava, Vavatthanabhavasamanna, Vavatthanakala, Vavatthanakara, Vavatthanakatha, Vavatthananana, Vavatthananiyama, Vavatthanasabbhava, Vavatthanasamanna, Vavatthanasambhava, Vavatthanayutti.
Full-text (+37): Catudhatuvavatthana, Kilesavavatthana, Vavatthananana, Kalavavatthana, Patipakkhavavatthana, Kammadvaravavatthana, Vavatthanabhava, Acaragunavavatthana, Catubbidhavavatthana, Catusaccavavatthana, Kammavavatthana, Avavatthanakaratta, Niruttivavatthana, Namarupavavatthana, Dhatu Vavatthana, Catu Dhatu Vavatthana, Anupubbavavatthana, Asankaravavatthana, Atthavavatthana, Arammanavavatthana.
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