Nilavahini, Nīlavāhinī: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Nilavahini means something in Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India. 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 NamesA channel branching off from the Malatipuppha sluice in the Parakkamasamudda. Cv.lxxix.42.
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).
India history and geography
: archive.org: Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1963Nīlavāhinī is one of the twenty canal-systems associated with Parakkamasamudda waters that existed in the Polonnaruva (Polonnaruwa) district of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).—The Pūjāvaliya gives the name Mahāsamudra to the Parakkamasamudda at Polonnaruva. The canal system associated with Parakkamasamudda is described and named in the Cūlavamsa as follows:—[...] Nīlavāhinī canal, from the Mālatīpuppha sluice; [...].
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)īī�
(Burmese text): (�) နီလဝါဟီနီအမည်ရှိသေ� မြစ်။ (�) နီလဝါဟိန� အမည်ရှိသေ� တူမြောင်း။ (ယင်းသည� ဘီအီ� ၁၇ဝ၇-၁၇၄� တွင� သီဟိုဠ်ကျွန်းပုလတ္ထီမြို့၌ နန်းတက်သေ� ပရက္ကမမင်းကြ� ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့သေ� ပရက္ကမသမုဒ္ဒရာသို� စီးဝင်သေ� တူးမြောင်းဖြစ်သည�)�
(Auto-Translation): (1) A river named Nilawahi. (2) A canal named Nilawahini. (This is a canal that flows into the Pracham Mudirata, which was established by King Prakam III on Thihoda Island during the period of 1707-1740.)
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)
Full-text: Malatipuppha, Parakkasamudda, Parakkamasamudda.
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