84000 Glossary of Terms

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པི་ལིན་དའི་བུ། | Glossary of Terms

  • པི་ལིན་དའི་བུ།

  • pi lin da’i bu
  • pilindavatsa
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  • Pilindavatsa
  • པི་ལིན་དའི་བུ།
  • pi lin da’i bu
  • pilindavatsa
Definition in this text:

A monk. Also referred to as “Pilinda.”

  • Pilindavatsa
  • པི་ལིན་དའི་བུ།
  • pi lin da’i bu
  • pilindavatsa
Definition in this text:

An arhat particularly remembered for being able to command the goddess of the Ganges River to make it stop flowing. She was annoyed by the brusque way he commanded her, but the Buddha said she was his servant for centuries in previous lifetimes and he addressed her that way out of habit, which is explained to be why his name means “leftover habits.”

  • Pilindavatsa
  • pilindavatsa
Definition in this text:

One of the śrāvakas attending the delivery of the MMK.