Pāli Dictionary

mahāvagga

mahāstemvaggastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • Mahāvagga; the Great Chapter; the Great Section (name of several divisions in the Pāli Canon, including the third book of the Vinaya Piṭaka, the second part of the Dīgha Nikāya, the fifth part of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, and various chapters in the Aṅguttara Nikāya and Sutta Nipāta)

  • SN 15.13

    rājagahe viharati veḷuvane. atha kho tiṃsamattā pāveyyakā [pāṭheyyakā (katthaci) vinayapiṭake mahāvagge kathinakkhandhake'pi] bhikkhū sabbe āraññikā sabbe piṇḍapātikā sabbe paṃsukūlikā sabbe tecīvarikā sabbe sasaṃyojanā yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkamiṃsu

Encyclopedia

6 entries

Mahā Vagga
Vagga

  • A section of the Vinaya Piṭaka, divided into chapters, whose introductory portion recounts the events following the Buddha’s Enlightenment leading to the founding of the Saṅgha, followed by rules for monks and the circumstances that led to each.

Mahā Vagga2
Vagga

  • The second section of the Dīgha Nikāya, containing discourses fourteen to twenty-three.

Mahā Vagga3
Vagga

  • The third section of the Suttanipāta, containing twelve discourses.

Mahā Vagga4
Vagga

  • The first section of the Paṭisambhidāmagga.

Mahā Vagga5
Vagga

  • The fifth section of the Saṃyutta Nikāya.

Mahā Vagga6
Vagga

  • A chapter title recurring across several books of the Aṅguttara Nikāya, denoting a particular section within the Tika, Catukka, Chakka, Sattaka, Aṭṭhaka, and Dasaka Nipātas respectively.

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