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མ་འགགས་པ། | Glossary of Terms

    མ་འགགས་པ།

    ma ’gags pa

    Aniruddha

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Publications: 16

Lit. “Unobstructed.” One of the ten great śrāvaka disciples, famed for his meditative prowess and superknowledges. He was the Buddha's cousin‍—a son of Amṛtodana, one of the brothers of King Śuddhodana‍—and is often mentioned along with his two brothers Bhadrika and Mahānāma. Some sources also include Ānanda among his brothers.

Translation by Gareth Sparham
  • Aniruddha
  • མ་འགགས་པ།
  • ma ’gags pa
  • Aniruddha
Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
  • Aniruddha
  • འགག་མྱེད།
  • ’gag myed
  • Aniruddha

The Buddha’s cousin and one of his ten principal pupils, he was renowned for his clairvoyance. Often translated elsewhere as ma ’gags pa.

Translation by David Jackson
  • Aniruddha
  • མ་འགགས་པ།
  • ma ’gags pa
  • Aniruddha
Translation by Catherine Dalton · Heidi Koppl · James Gentry · Cortland Dahl · Hilary Herdman · Andreas Doctor
  • Aniruddha
  • མ་འགགས་པ།
  • ma ’gags pa
  • Aniruddha

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

Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
  • Aniruddha
  • མ་འགགས་པ།
  • ma ’gags pa
  • Aniruddha

The Buddha’s cousin, and one of his ten principal pupils. Renowned for his clairvoyance.

Translation by Julia Stenzel · Ngawang Rinchen Gyaltsen · Tsewang Gyaltsen
  • Aniruddha
  • མ་འགག་པ།
  • འགགས་པ་མེད་པ།
  • ma ’gag pa
  • ’gags pa med pa
  • Aniruddha

Śrāvaka arhat.

Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
  • Aniruddha
  • མ་འགགས་པ།
  • ma ’gags pa
  • Aniruddha

The Buddha’s cousin, and one of his ten principal pupils. Renowned for his clairvoyance.

Translation by David Jackson
  • Aniruddha
  • མ་འགགས་པ།
  • ma ’gags pa
  • Aniruddha
Translation by Robert A. F. Thurman
  • Aniruddha
  • མ་འགགས་པ།
  • ma ’gags pa
  • Aniruddha

A śrāvaka disciple and cousin of the Buddha who was famed for his meditative prowess and superknowledges. See also UT22084-060-005-940.

Translation by Dr. Karen Liljenberg · Dr. Ulrich Pagel
  • Aniruddha
  • མ་འགགས་པ།
  • ma ’gags pa
  • Aniruddha

A monk (bhikṣu) and disciple of the Buddha.

Translation by Dr. Lozang Jamspal · Kaia Fischer · Khenpo Tsultrim Lodrö
  • Aniruddha
  • མ་འགགས་པ།
  • ma ’gags pa
  • Aniruddha

The Buddha’s first cousin, born of the Śākya clan, who was among the most eminent of the Buddha’s monastic disciples.

Translation by Ruth Gamble · Tenzin Ringpapontsang
  • Aniruddha
  • མ་འགགས་པ།
  • ma ’gags pa
  • Aniruddha

A disciple of the Buddha.

Translation by Wiesiek Mical
  • Aniruddha
  • མ་འགགས་པ།
  • ma ’gags pa
  • Aniruddha

One of the śrāvakas attending the delivery of the MMK.

Translation by James Gentry
  • Aniruddha
  • མ་འགགས་པ།
  • ma ’gags pa
  • Aniruddha
Translation by James Gentry
  • Aniruddha
  • མ་འགགས་པ།
  • ma ’gags pa
  • Aniruddha
Translation by James Gentry
  • Aniruddha
  • མ་འགགས་པ།
  • ma ’gags pa
  • Aniruddha

Close disciple of the Buddha.