Thullakotthita: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Thullakotthita - A township in the Kuru country. It was the birthplace of Ratthapala, and it was there that the Buddha stayed during a tour among the Kurus (M.ii.54; ThagA.ii.30; AA.i.144). It received its name from the fact of its granaries being always full (thullakottham, paripunnakotthagaram). It had plenteous crops. MA.ii.722; also Avadana S.ii.118.
2. Thullakotthita - A city in the time of Narada Buddha, who preached there to Bhaddasala and Vijitamitta, afterwards appointed as his chief disciples. BuA.154.
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).
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