Cula Kala, Cūḷa-kāla, Culakala, Cūḷakāla, Culia-kala, Cūḷakāḷa, Culia-kalia: 3 definitions
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Cula Kala 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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Cula Kala - The youngest of three brothers, named Kala, house holders of Setavya. He accompanied Maha Kala to Savatthi with a caravan, and when Maha Kala entered the Order he joined him. Later, as they were returning to Setavya, this time with the Buddha and the monks, he was sent on ahead to arrange seats in his former house, whither the Buddha and the monks had been invited. His two erstwhile wives mocked at him and persuaded him to return to the lay life. DhA.i.55ff
2. Cula Kala - A previous birth of Anna Kondanna. He was a house holder of Hamsavati, in the time of Vipassi Buddha. One day going to the rice field, he hulled a kernel of rice, ate it and found it unusually sweet. He thereupon obtained his share of the field from his brother Maha Kala, and gave to the Buddha and the monks the first fruits of a single crop, nine times, at nine different stages (DhA.i.82). He thus became the first to gain any attainment when Gotama Buddha preached his first sermon (DhA.i.8ff).
3. Cula Kala - A lay disciple of the Buddha. He was once on his way back to Savatthi, having spent the night in listening to the Doctrine, when thieves, fleeing from their pursuers, threw their stolen goods in front of him and disappeared. When he was charged with theft, some women water carriers, who had witnessed the incident on their way to the watering place, obtained his release. DhA.iii.157.
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)1) cūḷakāla�
(Burmese text): စူဠကာလမည်သေ� သူ။ (က) မြတ်စွာဘုရားပရိနိဗ္ဗာန်စံခါနီ� ရဟန်းပြုသေ� နောက်ဆုံးသာဝက သုဘဒ္ဒထေရ်၏ အလောင်းဖြစ်သေ� စူဠကာလ။ (�) စူဠကာလမည်သေ� ဥပါသကာ။
(Auto-Translation): "Sukhakala, what is it? (a) The Sukhakala that is the last of the Thawaka, which was attained by the Lord Buddha before entering Nirvana. (b) The Sukhakala that is known as Upasaka."
2) cūḷakāḷa�
(Burmese text): (�) စူဠကာဠမည်သောသူ၊ သေတဗျမြို့သာ� စူဠကာဠသူကြွယ်။ (�) စူဠကာဠတောင်။ စူဠကာဠပဗ္ဗ�-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) The one who is destined for greatness, the one who will become the chief of death in the city. (2) The one destined for greatness. Look at the greatness that is to come.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Kalia, Cula, Kala.
Full-text: Culakalaupasaka, Setavya, Vipassi.
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