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Pilava, ī: 4 definitions

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Pilava means something in Buddhism, Pali, Tamil. 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

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

: 84000: Sampuṭodbhava Tantra (Emergence from Sampuṭa)

ī (पीलव) refers to a type of power place where Yogins and Yoginīs congregate, according to the Sampuṭodbhavatantra chapter 5.—Accordingly, “[Vajragarbha asked:]—‘Blessed One, what places are places of gatherings?� [The Blessed One said:]—‘There are pīṭhas and auxiliary pīṭhas, And likewise, ṣeٰ and auxiliary ṣeٰ. There are also chandohas and auxiliary chandohas, 貹첹 and auxiliary 貹첹. There are charnel grounds and auxiliary charnel grounds, ī and auxiliary ī. These are the twelve types of meeting places. The lord of the ten ū has not specified Any places other than these twelve�. [...]�.

Chandoha in Tibetan: འཐུང་གཅོད། [’thung gcod].

: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

ī (पीलव) refers to the “village border�, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: [while explaining the speech circle ()]: “[...] [Every] goddess on this circle inherently has the nature of wisdom and means They are taught in the Catuṣpīṭhatantra, consisting of 12,000 [stanzas]: [they are equivalent to] Jñānaḍākinī and others. [This is] the doctrine of the goddesses starting with Pūjā. [This circle is declared] to be the ī (“village border�) site (ī-sthāna): In this way, [the goddesses are of] the Universal Splendor Level. [...]�

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Pilava in Pali glossary
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Pilava, & Plava (fr. plu, cp. Vedic plava boat, Russ. plov ship) 1. swimming, flowing, floating J. V, 408 (suplav-attha� in order to swim through well=plavana C.).�2. a kind of duck (so Epic Sk. ) Vv 358 (cp. VvA. 163); J. V, 420. (Page 460)

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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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Tamil dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Pilava in Tamil glossary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Pilava (பிலவ) noun < Plava. The 35th year of the Jupiter cycle of sixty years; ஆண்ட� அறுப தனுள� முப்பத்தைந்தாவது. [andu arupa thanul muppathainthavathu.]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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