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Talavatthu, Tālavatthu, Tala-vatthu, Tālāvatthu: 4 definitions

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Talavatthu 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.

India history and geography

: archive.org: Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1963

Tālavatthu or Tālavatthuvihāra is the name of an ancient locality that existed in the Polonnaruva (Polonnaruwa) district of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).—Manavamma (684-718) granted the village Paṇṇabhatta to Tālavatthu-vihāra. Dhātusena (455-473) built Paṇṇavallakabhūta-vihāra, and in Paṇṇasālaka Queen Kalyāṇavatī (1202-1208) built Kalyāṇavatī-vihāra. Sena II (853-887) built a sluice on Miṇṇeriya tank. Parakkamabāhu I (1153-1186) restored Miṇṇerya tank and made the canal named Kālindī which flowed south from the tank’s southern outlet. Nissaṅka Malla declared the tank a sanctuary for animals.

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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.

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Pali-English dictionary

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

Tālavatthu refers to: (more correct tālâvatthu=-avatthu) in âٳٳܰ첹ٲ a palm rendered groundless, i.e. uprooted; frequent as simile to denote complete destruction or removal (of passions, faults, etc.). Nearly always in formula pahīna ucchinna-mūla t° anabhāva�-kata “given up, with roots cut out, like a palm with its base destroyed, rendered unable to sprout again� (Kern, Toev. II. 88: as een wijnpalm die niet meer geschiķt is om weêr uit te schieten). This phrase was misunderstood in BSk. : M Vastu III, 360 has kālavastu�.—The readings vary: tālāvatthu e.g. at M. I, 370; S. I, 69; IV, 84; A. I, 135; II, 38; J. V, 267; v° S. III, 10; V, 327; Th. 2, 478 (ThA. 286: ssa chindita�-� —ṭṭhāna-sadisa); Nd2 frequent (see under pahīna); tālāvatthukatā at Vin. III, 3.—In other combination tālāvatthu bhavati (to be pulled out by the roots & thrown away) J. V, 267 (=chinnamūla-tālo viya niraye nibbattanti p. 273), cp. M. I, 250;

Note: ٳٳ is a Pali compound consisting of the words and vatthu.

: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

1) ٳٳ (တာလဝတ္ထ�) [(na) (�)]�
[+vatthu]
တĬ�+ǶĐĹđį]

2) tālāvatthu (တာလာဝတ္ထ�) [(na) (�)]�
[+vatthu�( dīgha).�+avatthu�(sarakyerānitea dīgha).]
[တာ�+ဝတ္ထု။ (ဗျည်းကြောင့� ဒီဃရောက�)� တာ�+အဝတ္ထု။ (သရကျေရာ၌ ဒီဃရောက�)။]

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