ལྟེང་རྒྱས་འོད་སྲུང་། | Glossary of Terms

The brother of Gayākāśyapa and Nadīkāśyapa. A practitioner of fire offering at Uruvilvā (Bodhgaya), he and his five hundred pupils were converted to becoming bhikṣus of the Buddha. He and his brothers and their pupils were the third group to become followers of the Buddha after his enlightenment.

A monk (bhikṣu) and disciple of the Buddha.

The brother of Gayākāśyapa and Nadīkāśyapa. A practitioner of fire offering at Uruvilva (Bodhgaya), he and his five hundred students were converted to becoming bhikṣus of the Buddha. He and his brothers and their students were the third group to become followers of the Buddha after his enlightenment.

A great śrāvaka disciple of the Buddha Śākyamuni.

Close Śravaka disciple of the Buddha.

An arrogant brahmin who challenged the Buddha but was humbled and developed faith in the Buddha’s teaching.

Ordained by the Buddha in Vārāṇasī shortly after the Buddha’s enlightenment; brother of Nadī Kāśyapa.

One of the śrāvakas attending the delivery of the MMK.

One of the monks attending this teaching in Śrāvastī, at Jeta Grove.

A disciple of the Buddha.