目犍連

(目犍連, 目犍连)

[lang id =1028]目連; [lang id =1028]摩訶目犍連 (or [lang id =1028]摩訶羅夜那); [lang id =1028]大目犍連 (or [lang id =1028]大目乾連) ; [lang id =1028]沒特伽羅子 (or [lang id =1028]沒力伽羅子); [lang id =1028]目伽略 (Mahā-) Maudgalyāyana, or Maudgalaputra; explained by Mudga [lang id =1028]胡豆 lentil, kidney-bean. One of the ten chief disciples of Śākyamuni, specially noted for miraculous powers; formerly an ascetic, he agreed with Śāriputra that whichever first found the truth would reveal it to the other. Śāriputra found the Buddha and brought Maudgalyāyana to him; the former is placed on the Buddha's right, the latter on his left. He is also known as [lang id =1028]拘栗 Kolita, and when reborn as Buddha his title is to be Tamāla-patra-candana-gandha. In China Mahāsthāmaprapta is accounted a canonization of Maudgalyāyana. Several centuries afterwards there were two other great leaders of the Buddhist church bearing the same name, v. Eitel.

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