Araṇemi
PersonA brahmin teacher of a bygone age, one of a group of chief priests who practiced harmlessness and abstained from meat, and who were reborn in the Brahma world along with their many disciples.
A brahmin teacher of a past age, given in a list of six teachers, who were chief priests (purohita). A.iii.373. The others being Sunetta, Mūgapakkha, Kuddālaka, Hatthipāla, and Jotipāla. In A.iv.135 f a seventh name is added, Araka; see also Divy, 632.
They practised harmlessness (ahiṃsā) and, abstaining from eating flesh, got rid of their lusts. As a result, they were born in the Brahmaloka. They had many disciples.
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