ཀུན་དགའ་བོ། | Glossary of Terms

The Buddha’s nephew and attendant who recited the Buddha’s sūtra discourses from memory after the Buddha passed.

Disciple and attendant of Buddha Śākyamuni.

The Buddha Śākyamuni’s cousin, who was his attendant for the last twenty years of his life.

The buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant, who is said to have memorized the sūtras.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

The Buddha’s cousin and longtime attendant.

The Buddha Śākyamuni’s cousin, who was his attendant for the last twenty years of his life. He was the subject of criticism and opposition from the monastic community after the Buddha’s passing but eventually succeeded to the position of the patriarch of Buddhism in India after the passing of the first patriarch, Mahākaśyapa.

The cousin and close attendant monk of the Buddha.

Attendant of the buddha Śākyamuni.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

One of the Buddha’s foremost hearer disciples.

Personal attendant and cousin of the Buddha. One of the ten close śrāvaka disciples.

Buddha Sākyamuni’s cousin, who was his attendant for the last twenty years of his life. He was the subject of criticism and opposition from the monastic community after the Buddha’s passing, but eventually succeeded to the position of the patriarch of Buddhism in India after the passing of the first patriarch, Mahākāśyapa.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

Śrāvaka arhat, the Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant, who is said to have memorized the sūtras.

Buddha Śākyamuni’s cousin, who was his attendant for the last twenty years of his life. He was the subject of criticism and opposition from the monastic community after the Buddha’s passing, but eventually succeeded to the position of the patriarch of Buddhism in India after the passing of the first patriarch, Mahākaśyapa.

One of the Buddha’s primary followers, compiler of the sūtras.

Attendant of the Buddha and the one who is said to have memorized the sūtras.

The buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

Buddha Śākyamuni’s cousin, who was his attendant for the last twenty years of his life.

The Buddha’s cousin and attendant who recited the Buddha’s sūtra discourses from memory after the Buddha passed.

Attendant of the Buddha and the one who is said to have memorized the sūtras.

The personal attendant and cousin of the Buddha.

The Buddha’s cousin and personal attendant for most of his life.

A major śrāvaka disciple of the Buddha; his personal attendant. See also UT22084-060-005-950 and UT22084-060-005-1055.

The buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

The name of the Buddha’s close attendant and disciple.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant who is said to have memorized the sūtras.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

Name of a first cousin, close student, and attendant of the Buddha.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

The Buddha’s cousin and attendant, and one of his closest disciples.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

A monk of the Buddha’s order, brother of Devadatta, who for twenty-five years served as the Buddha’s personal attendant. Second in the apostolic succession that carried on the Buddha’s teachings after his parinirvāṇa.

The Buddha’s cousin and attendant, who recited the Buddha’s discourses from memory after the Buddha passed away.

Śrāvaka arhat and attendant of the Buddha.

The personal attendant and cousin of the Buddha, who compiled the sūtras.

A great hearer disciple and principal attendant of the Buddha.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant, who is said to have memorized the sūtras.

Attendant of the Buddha and the one who is said to have memorized the sūtras.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

The Buddha Śākyamuni’s cousin, who was his attendant for the last twenty years of his life. He was the subject of criticism and opposition from the monastic community after the Buddha’s passing but eventually succeeded to the position of the patriarch of Buddhism in India after the passing of the first patriarch, Mahākāśyapa.

Attendant of the Buddha and the one who is said to have memorized the sūtras.

The Buddha’s cousin and attendant.

The Buddha’s cousin and principal attendant.

Ānanda, the cousin of Siddhārtha Gautama (the Buddha Śākyamuni). The Buddha’s personal attendant, one of his closest disciples, and also the person who, according to tradition, preserved the oral transmission of the sūtras.

A monk of the Buddha’s order, brother of Devadatta, who for twenty-five years served as the Buddha’s personal attendant. Second in the apostolic succession that carried on the Buddha’s teachings after his parinirvāṇa.

The Buddha Śākyamuni's attendant who is celebrated for having recited all the Buddha's teachings by memory at the first council of the Buddhist saṅgha, thus preserving the Buddha’s teachings after his parinirvāṇa.

The Buddha Śākyamuni’s attendant who is celebrated for having recited all the Buddha’s teachings by memory at the first council of the Buddhist saṅgha, thus preserving the Buddha’s teachings after his parinirvāṇa.

The Buddha Śākyamuni’s cousin, who was his attendant for the last twenty years of his life. He was the subject of criticism and opposition from the monastic community after the Buddha’s passing, but he is also regarded as one of the primary compilers of the sūtras and was renowned for his ability to recite them from memory.

One of the śrāvakas attending the delivery of the MMK; one of the eight great śrāvakas.

Close disciple and attendant of the Buddha.