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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA name given to Ananda. (S.i.215, 219; cf. Mhv.iii.36; Ap.i.7; DhSA., p.1).
The Commentary explains Vedeha by pandita. (Vedehamunino ti panditamunino. Pandito hi nanasankhatena vedena ihati sabbakiccani karoti, tasma vedeho ti vuccati. Vedeho ca so muni cati = Vedehamuni).
The Apadana Commentary (ApA.i.106), however, gives another explanation, according to which Ananda was the son of a Videha lady (Videharatthe jata, tassa deviya putto).
SA.ii.132 ; cf. MT.149 (vedena pannaya ihati pavattatiti = vedeho).
Therav膩da 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).
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Full-text: Vedehika, Videhiputta.
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