ལྔ་སྡེ་བཟང་པོ། | Glossary of Terms
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ལྔ་སྡེ་བཟང་པོ།
- ལྔ་སྡེ།
- lnga sde bzang po
- lnga sde
- pañcakā bhadravargīyāḥ
- Term
- five ascetic companions
- ལྔ་སྡེ་བཟང་པོ།
- lnga sde bzang po
- pañcakā bhadravargīyāḥ
The five companions of Prince Siddhārtha during his period of ascetic practice. After his awakening, they became his first five disciples. Their names are Ājñātakauṇḍinya, Aśvajit, Bāṣpa, Mahānāma, and Bhadrika.
- five disciples
- ལྔ་སྡེ།
- lnga sde
This refers to the five disciples present at the Buddha’s first teaching: Kauṇḍinya, Bhadrika, Vāṣpa, Mahānāman, and Aśvajit.