Pāli Dictionary

anurādha

anuprefixrādhastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Anurādha, an elder monk known from the Anurādha Sutta, questioned by wanderers on the Tathāgata’s existence after death

  • SN 22.86

    yo so, āvuso anurādha, tathāgato uttamapuriso paramapuriso paramapattipatto, taṃ tathāgato imesu catūsu ṭhānesu paññāpayamāno paññāpeti, hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā'ti vā, na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā'ti vā, hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā'ti vā, n'eva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā'ti vā'ti?

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Anurādha
Person

  • An elder whom wandering ascetics mocked as foolish for his answer on whether a Tathāgata exists after death, until the Buddha explained that nothing can even be said of a Tathāgata’s existence in this very life.

SN 22.86SN 44.2
Anurādha2
Other

  • One of those who accompanied Vijaya to Sri Lanka, later becoming a minister and founding the settlement of Anurādhagāma.

Anurādha3
Person

  • A Sakyan prince, brother of Bhaddakaccānā and a great-uncle of Paṇḍukābhaya, who founded a settlement at Anurādhagāma before handing it over to Paṇḍukābhaya.

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