Amitodana: 6 definitions
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Amitodana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesSon of Sihahanu and Kaccana (daughter of Devadahasakka) and brother of Suddhodana (Mhv.ii.20; SnA.i.357).
He was the father of Mahanama and Anuruddha (DhA.iv.124). Elsewhere (DA.ii.492; AA.i.162) Ananda is also called a son of Amitodana.
In Sanskrit sources (E.g., Rookhill, p.13, and Bigandet i.13; see also Mtu.i.352) he is spoken of as Amrtodana and the father of Devadatta. Mention is also made of another son of his, the Sakka Pandu, who escaped the slaughter of the Sakiyans by Vidudabha. Mhv.viii.18,19.
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).
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraAmitodana (अमितोदन) is mentioned as one of the five sons of Sīhahanu: an ancient king of the solar clan (āditagotra or sūryavaṃśa) according to the Singhalese chronicles mentioned in a footnote in the Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter VI). According to the Singhalese chronicles (Dīpavaṃsa III.45; Mahāvaṃsa II.20), Sīhahanu had five sons and two daughters: Suddhodana, Dhotodana, Sakkodana, Sukkodana, Amitodana, Amitā, Pamitā.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) 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 sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: BuddhismAmitodana (अमितोदन) refers to one of the five sons of Siṃhahanu: an ancient king from the Solar dynasty (sūryavaṃśa) and a descendant of Mahāsaṃmata, according to the Dulva (the Tibetan translation of the Vinaya of the Sarvāstivādins). Amitodana is known as Amṛtodana according to the Mahāvastu chapter II.32 of the Mahāsaṃghikas (and the Lokottaravāda school).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmitodana (अमितोदन):—[=a-mitodana] m. (for a-mṛt°) Name of a king, [Buddhist literature]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
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Full-text: Susimadevi, Sihahanu, Sukkodana, Dhotodana, Sakkodana, Amritodana, Pamita, Amita, Mahanama, Suddhodana, Dighayu, Simhahanu, Kaccana, Mahali, Devadatta, Pandu, Ananda, Anuruddha.
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