Vajapeyya, Vājapeyya: 5 definitions
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Vajapeyya 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 NamesA sacrificial offering; the Commentaries (E.g., ItvA. 75, 76) give it two interpretations:
(1) Greeting people kindly with soft and pleasant speech (peyyavajjam, piyavacata); (2) a sacrifice in which Soma (Vaja) is drunk.In the second seventeen animals are offered seventeen times.
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
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryvājapeyya : (nt.) a kind of sacrifice.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryVājapeyya, (cp. Vedic vājapeya; see Macdonell, Vedic Mythology pp. 131 sq. 155, quoting Weber, Vājapeya; Banerjea, Public Administration etc. 92) the vājapeya sacrifice, a soma offering. Spelling often 峦° (mostly as v. l.); see S. I, 76; A. II, 42; IV, 151; Sn. 303; It. 21; Miln. 219; J. III, 518. Cp. peyya2. (Page 607)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryvājapeyya (ဝါဇပေယ�) [(pu,na) (ပု၊ �)]�
[vāja+pā+ṇya,vājamettha pivantīti vājapeyyo．sa�,ṭṭha,1�134．vājapeya-saṃ．]
[ဝါ�+ပ�+ဏျ၊ ဝါဇမေတ္� ပိဝန္တီတ� ဝါဇပေယျော။ သံ၊ ဋ္ဌ၊ ၁။ ၁၃၄။ ဝါဇပေ�-သံ။]
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: Nya, Pa, Vaja.
Full-text: Vacapeyya, Nita, Lomasakassapa Jataka.
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