84000 Glossary of Terms

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བ་ལང་བདག | Glossary of Terms

  • བ་ལང་བདག

  • ba lang bdag
  • gavāṃpati
  • gavāmpati
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Publications: 10
Translation by Robert Miller
  • Gavāmpati
  • བ་ལང་བདག
  • ba lang bdag
  • gavāmpati
Definition in this text:

One of the first to join the Buddha’s order of monks. He followed his friend Yaśas into the Buddhist order.

Translation by Dr. Karen Liljenberg
  • Gavāṃpati
  • བ་ལང་བདག
  • ba lang bdag
  • gavāṃpati
Definition in this text:

Close Śravaka disciple of the Buddha.

Translation by David Jackson
  • Gavāṃpati
  • བ་ལང་བདག
  • ba lang bdag
  • gavāṃpati
Definition in this text:

A great śrāvaka adept.

Translation by Thomas Doctor
  • Gavāmpati
  • བ་ལང་བདག
  • ba lang bdag
  • gavāmpati
Definition in this text:

Hearer present in the circle around Śākyamuni.

Translation by Catherine Dalton · Heidi Koppl · James Gentry · Cortland Dahl · Hilary Herdman · Andreas Doctor
  • Gavāṃpati
  • བ་ལང་བདག
  • ba lang bdag
  • gavāṃpati
Definition in this text:

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

Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
  • Gavāṃpati
  • བ་ལང་བདག
  • ba lang bdag
  • gavāṃpati
Definition in this text:

One of the group of five friends who were the second group to become students of the Buddha, and he was one of the ten students of the Buddha who were the first to become arhats.

Translation by Julia Stenzel · Ngawang Rinchen Gyaltsen · Tsewang Gyaltsen
  • Gavāṃpati
  • བ་ལང་བདག
  • ba lang bdag
  • gavāṃpati
Definition in this text:

Śrāvaka arhat; one of the Buddha’s five close arhat disciples. He took ordination from the Buddha and then became a disciple of Śāriputra.

Translation by Benjamin Collet-Cassart
  • Gavāṃpati
  • བ་ལང་བདག
  • ba lang bdag
  • gavāṃpati
Definition in this text:

One of the disciples of the Buddha. One of the first ten to be ordained.

Translation by Dr. Karen Liljenberg · Dr. Ulrich Pagel
  • Gavāṃpati
  • བ་ལང་བདག
  • ba lang bdag
  • gavāṃpati
Definition in this text:

A monk (bhikṣu) and disciple of the Buddha.

Translation by Wiesiek Mical
  • Gavāmpati
  • བ་ལང་བདག
  • ba lang bdag
  • gavāmpati
Definition in this text:

One of the śrāvakas attending the delivery of the MMK.