84000 Glossary of Terms
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སེན་རིངས། | Glossary of Terms
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སེན་རིངས།
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- dīrganakha
- dīrghanakha
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Publications: 3
Translation by Robert Miller
- Dīrghanakha
- སེན་རིངས།
- sen rings
- dīrghanakha
“He Who Has Long Fingernails,” Koṣṭhila’s name after he joined an order of wandering ascetics to continue his studies of Lokāyata philosophy. He later joined the Buddhist order and was known as Koṣṭhila again.
Translation by Celso Wilkinson · Laura Goetz
- Dīrghanakha
- སེན་རིངས།
- sen rings
- dīrghanakha
A brahmin disciple of the Buddha. Also known as Koṣṭhila, Kauṣṭhila, Mahākauṣṭhila, and Agnivaiśyāyana. See introduction, UT22084-074-003-10.
Translation by Jed Forman · ErdeneBaatar Erdene-Ochir · Michael Ium
- Dīrganakha
- སེན་རིངས།
- sen rings
- dīrganakha
A wandering ascetic whose dialogue with the Buddha is mentioned in many canonical texts. His name means “Long-Nailed.” Also known as Koṣṭhila, Kauṣṭhila, Mahākauṣṭhila, and Agnivaiśyāyana.