nidana

[ni-dah-nuh]

noun

Buddhism.

1. any of 12 aspects of Samsara, or the cycle of birth and death, often compared to 12 spokes of a wheel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nidana¹

From the Sanskrit word nidāna cause, source

Example Sentences

However in the Nidâna Kathâ 270 the Buddha's father celebrates an imposing ploughing ceremony.

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The first twenty-three patriarchs are exactly the same as those given in 'The Sutra on the Nidana of transmitting Dharmapitaka,' translated in A.D.

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So also the Nidana Katha, in "Buddhist Birth Stories," p.

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This period is known as the Vessantara Jataka, of which Hardy, M. B., pp. 116-124, gives a long account; see also "Buddhist Birth Stories," the Nidana Katha, p.

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