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(阿難陀, 阿难陀)

Ānanda, [lang id =1028]阿難; intp. by [lang id =1028]歡喜 Joy; son of Droṇodana-rāja, and younger brother of Devadatta; he was noted as the most learned disciple of Buddha and famed for hearing and remembering his teaching, hence is styled [lang id =1028]多聞; after the Buddha's death he is said to have compiled the sutras in the Vaibhāra cave, v. [lang id =1028]畢, where the disciples were assembled in Magadha. He is reckoned as the second patriarch. Ānandabhadra and Ānandasāgara are generally given as two other Ānandas, but this is uncertain.