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དགའ་བོ། | Glossary of Terms

    དགའ་བོ།

    dga’ bo

    Nanda

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Publications: 11
Translation by Robert Kritzer
  • Nanda
  • དགའ་བོ།
  • dga’ bo
  • Nanda

The younger half-brother and disciple of the Buddha, who is the interlocutor in this discourse.

Translation by Dr. Karen Liljenberg
  • Nanda
  • དགའ་བོ།
  • dga’ bo
  • Nanda
Translation by Thomas Doctor
  • Nanda
  • དགའ་བོ།
  • dga’ bo
  • Nanda

A disciple of Śākyamuni.

Translation by Catherine Dalton · Heidi Koppl · James Gentry · Cortland Dahl · Hilary Herdman · Andreas Doctor
  • Nanda
  • དགའ་བོ།
  • dga’ bo
  • Nanda

Nanda was the younger half-brother of Prince Siddhārtha (the Buddha Śākyamuni); his mother was Mahāprajāpatī Gotamī, Siddhārtha Gautama’s maternal aunt. He became an important monastic disciple of the Buddha.

Translation by Dr. Thomas Doctor · James Gentry
  • Nanda
  • དགའ་བོ།
  • dga’ bo
  • Nanda

One of the Buddha’s foremost hearer disciples.

Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
  • Nanda
  • དགའ་བོ།
  • dga’ bo
  • Nanda

The Buddha’s half-brother, who became one of his principal pupils.

Translation by Julia Stenzel · Ngawang Rinchen Gyaltsen · Tsewang Gyaltsen
  • Nanda
  • དགའ་བོ།
  • dga’ bo
  • Nanda

Śrāvaka arhat.

Translation by Benjamin Collet-Cassart
  • Nanda
  • དགའ་བོ།
  • dga’ bo
  • Nanda

The Buddha’s half-brother and disciple.

Translation by Dr. Karen Liljenberg · Dr. Ulrich Pagel
  • Nanda
  • དགའ་བོ།
  • dga’ bo
  • Nanda

A monk (bhikṣu) and disciple of the Buddha.

Translation by Zsuzsa Majer · Krisztina Teleki
  • Nanda
  • དགའ་བོ།
  • dga’ bo
  • Nanda

Prince Nanda was the younger half-brother of Siddhārtha Gautama (the Buddha Śākyamuni); his mother was Mahāprajāpatī Gotamī, Siddhārtha Gautama’s maternal aunt. Nanda was an important monastic disciple of the Buddha.

Translation by Ruth Gamble · Tenzin Ringpapontsang
  • Nanda
  • དགའ་བོ།
  • dga’ bo
  • Nanda

The Buddha’s cousin; see also UT22084-076-001-22.