Kāḷadevala2
PersonEin Asket, Freund und Berater von König Suddhodana, bei dem die Mutter des künftigen Buddha regelmäßig die Sittenregeln annahm, bis sie den Bodhisatta empfing.
An ascetic, friend and counsellor of Suddhodana (J.i.54, 67, 88; vi.479). See Asita (1).
He was a frequent visitor at the palace, and the Buddha’s mother always took the precepts from him until she conceived the Bodhisatta, the future Gotama Buddha. MA.ii.922.
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