Suddhodana, Śuddhodana, Shuddhodana, Suddhodāna: 12 definitions
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Suddhodana has 12 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śuddhodana can be transliterated into English as Suddhodana or Shuddhodana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚuddhodana (शुद्धोदन):—(śuddha + o) m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten aus dem Geschlecht der Śākya, Vaters des Siddhārtha oder Śākyamuni, [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 28, 10. fgg. 30, 10. 44, 14. fgg. 63, 17. fgg. 82, 14. fgg. 109, 11. fgg. 134, 15. fgg. 138, 12. fgg. u.s.w.] [Hiouen-Thsang 1, 310. 364.] Vie de [HIOUENTHSANG 127. 282.] [WILSON, Sel. Works 2, 9. 10. 338. 346.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde 2, Anhang II.] ein Sohn Śākya’s (vgl. śuddhoda) [Viṣṇupurāṇa 4, 22, 3.] suta patron. Śākyamuni’s [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 237.] — Vgl. śauddhodani .
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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Starts with: Shuddhodanasuta.
Full-text (+88): Ratula, Shuddhodanasuta, Mahamaya, Shauddhodani, Shuklodana, Simhahanu, Siddhartha, Rahula, Sakkodana, Pamita, Amritodana, Dhotodana, Amita, Mangalagiri, Amitodana, Krodhodana, Asita, Suddhoana, Shuddhodani, Udayana.
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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 1 - King Suddhodana saluting the Bodhisatta for the Second Time < [Chapter 2 - The Performance of the Ploughing Ceremony]
Part 6 - The Story of Kāladevila The Hermit < [Chapter 1 - The Story of Sataketu Deva, The Future Buddha]
Part 3 - Visukamma Deva created an Auspicious Royal Lake for the Prince < [Chapter 2 - The Performance of the Ploughing Ceremony]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
The prediction of Asita (horoscope of the Bodhisattva) < [Part 3 - Possessing a body endowed with the marks]
Part 8 - Origin of the name Ānanda < [Chapter VI - The Great Bhikṣu Saṃgha]
Appendix 3 - Return of the Buddha to Kapilavastu < [Chapter V - Rājagṛha]
The Gospel of Buddha (by Paul Carus)
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 2 - Country of Kie-pi-lo-fa-su-tu (Kapilavastu) < [Book VI - Four Countries]
Chapter 14 - Country of T’o-na-kie-tse-kia (Dhanakataka) < [Book X - Seventeen Countries]
Chapter 1 - Country of P’o-lo-ni-sse (Varanasi) < [Book VII - Five Countries]
Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
The story of Rāhula < [1. Going forth (Pabbajjā)]
Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history) (by Prakash Narayan)
Sister-sister < [Chapter 4 - Social Process, Structures and Reformations]
Gotta (lineage affiliation) < [Chapter 4 - Social Process, Structures and Reformations]
Brother and Brother < [Chapter 4 - Social Process, Structures and Reformations]