84000 Glossary of Terms

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འཆར་བ་པོ། | Glossary of Terms

  • འཆར་ཀ

  • འཆར་བ་པོ།
  • འཆར་བ།
  • ’char ba po
  • ’char ka
  • ’char ba
  • udāyin
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  • Udāyin
  • འཆར་ཀ
  • ’char ka
  • udāyin
Definition in this text:

One of the notorious “group of six” monks whose antics and heavy-handed interference prompted a great many of the Buddha’s injunctions on conduct.

  • Udāyin
  • འཆར་ཀ
  • ’char ka
  • udāyin
Definition in this text:

A hearer disciple of the Buddha.

  • Udāyin
  • འཆར་བ་པོ།
  • ’char ba po
  • udāyin
Definition in this text:

The son of the court priest in Kapilavastu, the Buddha’s home town. Also called Kālodāyin (black Udāyin) because of his dark skin. He and his wife Guptā became monk and nun. He became an arhat who was a skilled teacher. However he also figures prominently in accounts of inappropriate sexual behavior that instigated vinaya rules. He and Guptā are also said to have conceived a son after their ordination.

  • Udāyin
  • འཆར་བ།
  • ’char ba
  • udāyin
Definition in this text:

One of the śrāvakas attending the delivery of the MMK.