Babbu: 2 definitions
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Babbu 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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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarybabbu : (m.) a cat.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryBabbu, (& °ka) Epic (Sk. babhruka a kind of ichneumon; Vedic babhru brown, cp. Lat. fiber=beaver, further connection “bear,” see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. fiber) a cat J. I, 480 (=biḷāra C.)=DhA. II, 152. Babbhara (onomat. , cp. Sk. balbalā-karoti to stammer or stutter, barbara=Gr. baρbaros stuttering, people of an unknown tongue, balbūtha Np. “stammerer”; also Lat. balbas, Ger. plappern, E. blab; babbhara is a redupl. formation fr. *bhara-bhara=barbara, cp. J. P. T. S. 1889, 209; Geiger, P. Gr. § 20) imitation of a confused rumbling noise M. I, 128.—Cp. also P. mammana and sarasara. (Page 482)
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: Babbu Jataka, Babbuchekke, Babbugosha, Babbuka, Babbul, Babbula, Babbulaha, Babbulaka, Babbuli.
Full-text: Kana.
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Diaspora of Bhuta (Daiva) worshipping cult—India and Indonesia (by Shilpa V. Sonawane)
Part 6 - Different Types of Bhutas of Tulunadu < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 4 - River and the topography of Vārāṇasī < [Chapter V - Rise of Vārāṇasī as a Nodal Centre]
Part 3 - Lithic industry of the Vārāṇasī region < [Chapter VI - Vārāṇasī: Emergence of the Urban Centre and Seat of Administration]
Part 4 - Metal crafts of the Vārāṇasī region < [Chapter VI - Vārāṇasī: Emergence of the Urban Centre and Seat of Administration]
Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules) (by I. B. Horner)
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 137: Babbu-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]