Pāli Dictionary

Kāḷadevala2

Person

Un ascète, ami et conseiller du roi Suddhodana, auprès duquel la mère du futur Bouddha prenait régulièrement les préceptes jusqu’à ce qu’elle conçoive le Bodhisatta.

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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