Padhaniya, Padhāniya: 1 definition
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Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPadhāniya, (adj.) (fr. padhāna) belonging to or connected with exertion, worthy of being pursued in cpd. °aṅga (nt.) a quality to be striven after, of which there are 5, expressed in the attributes of one who attains them as saddho, appābādho, asaṭho, āraddha-viriyo, paññavā D. III, 237=M. II, 95, 128=A. III, 65; referred to at Miln. translation I. 188. Besides these there is the set called pārisuddhi-padhāniy’ aṅgāni and consisting either of 4 qualities (sīla°, citta°, diṭṭhi°, vimutti°) A. II, 194, or of 9 (the four+kaṅkhā-vitaraṇa°, maggâmagga-ñāṇa° paṭipadāñāṇa-dassana°, ñāṇa-dassana° paññā°) D. III, 288; Ps. I, 28. (Page 411)
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: Padhaniyanga, Padhaniyayga.
Ends with: Gallopadhaniya, Gandopadhaniya, Upadhaniya.
Full-text: Kanikarapadhanaghara, Khandacela.
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