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apadānaṁ

Apadāna

neuter removing, breaking off, DN.iii.88 . [= Sk. avadāna cp. ovāda] advice, admonition, instruction, morals Vin.ii.4 (an˚ not taking advice), Vin.ii.7 (id.) MN.i.96 ; AN.v.337 sq. (saddhā˚) Thag.47 . legend, life history. In the title Mahāpadāna suttanta it refers to the 7 Buddhas. In the title Apa

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Digha Nikaya 2 · 0.14/10k

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neuter

removing, breaking off, DN.iii.88.
[= Sk. avadāna cp. ovāda] advice, admonition, instruction, morals Vin.ii.4 (an˚ not taking advice), Vin.ii.7 (id.) MN.i.96; AN.v.337 sq. (saddhā˚) Thag.47.
legend, life history. In the title Mahāpadāna suttanta it refers to the 7 Buddhas. In the title Apadānaṃ, that is ʻthe storiesʼ, it refers almost exclusively to Arahants. The other, (older), connotation seems to have afterwards died out. See Dialogues ii.3
■ Cp. also pariyāpadāna.

= Sk. apadāna

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apadānaṁ Digha Nikaya 27 (dn27:17.23)
apadānaṁ Digha Nikaya 27 (dn27:18.26)

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